Agenda item

The Planning Officer introduced the report which was to seek Members views on how to respond to two appeals relating to this application.

The Officer Recommendation as set out in the report was moved and seconded.

Members requested a condition be recommended to the Planning Inspector in the event the appeals are allowed,  relating to the prevention of the additional accommodation being used as holiday lets.

The Officer recommendation as set out in the report was put to the vote and carried.  

RESOLVED:

That the Authority adopts the following grounds for defending the appeals in respect of applications NP/DDD/0519/0462 and NP/DDD/0519/0460:

1. The applicant has submitted two applications to the Authority for developments which increase the number of rooms at Bleaklow Farm, including some which are explicitly for letting accommodation.  When taken together with approved developments on the site and with other development that the applicant has undertaken without planning permission, notably extension of the curtilage to provide a substantial car parking area, a new vehicular access, and internal works to an existing agricultural building, the Authority has concerns about the cumulative impact of the development.  These concerns relate to the potential for materially greater traffic movements to the site, with a consequential adverse impact on the quiet enjoyment and amenity of users of the surrounding highway network and on the amenity of the residents of the hamlet of Rowland. This would be contrary to Core Strategy polices GSP1, GSP2 and GSP3 and Development Management DPD policies DMC3 and DMT5.

2. In response to these concerns, the Authority deferred consideration of the planning applications to seek clarification from the applicant but no additional information has been submitted. In the absence of this information the Authority has been unable to fully assess the potential impacts of the developments.