A planning inspector who told a Lancashire businessman to rebuild a historic Ribble Valley pub which was illegally knocked-down has criticised his alleged 'disregard' and inconsistent claims, and ordered him to pay full costs to a council for his 'unreasonable' behaviour.
But Mr Donelan appealed and queried aspects of the enforcement notice, such as exterior and inside sections. He also claimed some original building materials were destroyed or unusable. However, a planning inspector said that claim was wrong after visiting the site and seeing piles of rubble. A planning appeal hearing between Mr Donelan, the national Planning Inspectorate and Ribble Valley Council was held in February this year. Now in his report, the planning inspector states he and the council faced an 'extraordinary situation' at the February hearing. They did not know which grounds of appeal Mr Donelan would pursue and it was 'most unsatisfactory' situation, the inspector says.
He has highlighted inconsistencies between Mr Donelan's spoken and written comments on different aspects of the enforcement and at different times. Examples include whether waste material at the Hurst Green site can be re-used and opinions about floors, walls and other parts of the demolished site. Elsewhere, the planning inspector refers to Mr Donelan's argument in the appeal 'that it is not possible to restore the building because, according to him, during the demolition process 'all the materials were destroyed and could not be re-used'.
Separately, Ribble Valley Council made its own application for full costs against Andrew Donelan of Donelan Trading Limited. In his decision, the planning inspector states: "The application for a full award of costs is allowed." In December, Mr Donelan and other people and companies were found guilty in a trial at Burnley Magistrates Court of various criminal offences linked to the Punch Bowl Inn. In his planning appeal report, the inspector states: "Following that, the council [Ribble Valley] contacted the appellant seeking clarification as to whether, in the light of the magistrate’s court verdict, he would continue to pursue the appeal on some of the grounds.
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