Land at Town End Farm Hackthorpe Penrith CA10 2HX

1. 1.Whilst the proposal would give a viable new use to a vacant traditional barn of architectural merit and would add 6 new dwelling units to help address the Council's shortfall in its requirement to provide a deliverable 5-year supply of housing land, the adverse impacts of doing so would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits due to the very close relationship of the new dwellings to an active farmyard. The mitigation measures proposed to address those adverse impacts are not considered to be sufficient to give any confidence that the resultant dwellings could provide a satisfactory level of amenity for future residents, due to the presence of barns in the very near vicinity housing sheep and cattle, their potential use for keeping yet more disruptive livestock such as pigs, and the resultant odours and disruption to residents from noise and disturbance from normal agricultural practices which are carried out in such close proximity to the proposed new residential units. As such, to grant planning permission would be contrary to Policy ENV9 of the Eden Local Plan and Paragraphs 187 and 198 of the National Planning Policy Framework. In particular, when assessed against the key policy of achieving South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4DQ westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk well-designed places set out at paragraph 135 of the NPPF, the adverse impacts of the scheme would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
2. 2.By placing new dwellings in such proximity to active livestock sheds the proposal is likely to generate complaints from future residents due to the impacts on their amenity, which would prejudice the agricultural use of the unit. As such, to grant planning permission would be contrary to Policies RUR4 and EC2 of the Eden Local Plan and Paragraphs 88 and 200 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

CA10 2HX

Application type

Full Application

Scale / size

Large

Parish

Lowther

Date validated

7 August 2024

Consultation expiry

17 February 2026

Consultation start

4 September 2024

Consultation end

17 February 2026

Application expires

2 October 2024

Agent address

By Email

Statutory period

56 days

Documents

125