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Dismissed13 October 20266009206

Cumberland View Hotel, Heysham Road, Heysham, LA3 1DE

Planning appeal 6009206 at Cumberland View Hotel, Heysham Road, Heysham, LA3 1DE (Lancaster City Council) was dismissed on 13 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location of the site is suitable for the development having regard to the development plan policies governing such proposals.

part retrospective application for the change of use of part of car park/bowling green for use for car sales, the laying of hard surface on bowling green and a single storey side extension to existing outbuilding for associated sales office/valeting

Authority
Lancaster City Council
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
employment-industrial
Postcode
LA3 1DE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the location of the site is suitable for the development having regard to the development plan policies governing such proposals
  • Whether the loss of open space results in harm to the health and well-being of the community
  • The effect of the development on flood risk

What decided it

The combined and unresolved conflicts with development plan policy on employment site location, loss of designated open space, and flood risk sequential testing meant the scheme's benefits were substantially outweighed by its adverse effects.

The benefits of the scheme, to which substantial weight was attributed, were substantially outweighed by the adverse effects identified (unsuitable location, unjustified loss of open space and flood risk conflict), so the planning balance weighed against the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM14Policy DM15Policy DM27Policy DM33Policy EC1Policy SC3Policy SP2
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy S3Policy S4Policy HC7Policy L2Policy F4Policy F5Policy F6chapter 7chapter 16chapter 18

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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