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Agenda item

Outline Application - Siting of 3 Cabins at New House Farm, Beet Lane, The Wash, Chapel-en-le-Frith (NP/HPK/0725/0672) WE

Minutes:

The Planning Officer presented the report and outlined the reasons for refusal as detailed in the report.  This is an Outline Application to consider the principal and layout and the scale of the development and not the detail of the structures at this stage.

 

The following spoke under the public participation at meetings scheme:

 

·         Erica Leigh - Applicant

 

Some Members had visited the site the previous day.

 

The following points were noted:

 

·         It was clarified that the cabins will buildings and not caravans but would be easily removable.

·         The application is set in open landscape and can be viewed by neighbours.

·         A statement from the landowner was tabled at the meeting and passed to the Chair but not read out.

·         The application includes a 35 year planting agreement of which requires 80% of the trees to be established by year 5, the average height of the trees to be 5 metres.

·         Members felt that currently they do not have enough information on the size and type of chalets proposed for this site.

·         The applicant was commended for looking at ways of achieving farm diversification but Members felt this was the wrong location for this development.

 

A motion to refuse the application was moved and seconded, put to the vote and carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:

 

1.    The development of new building holiday accommodation, chalet or lodges on this site is not acceptable in principle and contrary to policies DS1, RT2, RT3 and DMR1.

 

2.    The development would result in a significant adverse visual impact and harm the scenic beauty and landscape of the National Park contrary to policies GSP1, GSP3, L1, DM1 and DMC1 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

3.    The development would result in less than substantial harm to the setting of New House farmhouse (Grade II listed) and Beet Farm (a non-designated heritage asset of local significance). The harm would not be outweighed by public benefits and therefore the development is contrary to policies L3, DMC5, DMC7 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

4.    Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the development would result in enhancement to biodiversity or that the development could be carried out without harm to protected species or their habitat contrary to policies L2, DMC11, DMC12 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

5.    Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that foul drainage would be dealt with in a satisfactory manner without harm to the environment contrary to policies CC5 and DMC14.

 

 

 

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