Decision details

The recommendation for refusal was moved, seconded, voted on and carried.

RESOLVED:

That the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:

1.    By virtue of the siting and design of the proposed building, it would have an unduly harmful visual impact on the character of the surrounding landscape. Therefore, the current application is contrary to saved Local Plan policies LC4 and LC13, contrary to policies GSP1, GSP2, GSP3 and L1 of the Core Strategy, and contrary to national planning policies in the Framework.

2.    In the absence of an appropriate agricultural appraisal to support this application, and in the absence of any other evidence that demonstrates the building is reasonably required for farming, it cannot be demonstrated that the benefits of approving this application would outweigh or offset the identified and demonstrable harm to the valued characteristics of the National Park that would result from granting planning permission for the current application. Therefore, granting planning permission for the current application would be contrary to the principles of sustainable development set out in national planning policies in the Framework and policy GSP1 of the Authority's Core Strategy.