®Planning appeal decision
Packington Lane Landfill Site, Packington Lane, Little Packington, CV7 7HN
a road sweepings recycling facility
- Authority
- Warwickshire County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Clarke B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the suitability of the site as a location for the proposed development
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate in the Green Belt
- the effect of the development upon the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt's openness and inappropriateness, which was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of the scheme, meant very special circumstances did not exist to justify the development.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness, together with moderate adverse effects on character and appearance, was not clearly outweighed by the limited economic and waste processing benefits, so very special circumstances did not exist.
Framework references: 149, 150, 148
Plan policies cited: Policy CS2 of the Warwickshire County Council Waste Development Framework Core Strategy (2014), Policy NW3 of the North Warwickshire Core Strategy (2014), Policy DM1 of the Waste Core Strategy, Policy NW1 of the Core Strategy, Policy ENV1 of the Core Strategy
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.