Former Loxley Works, Storrs Bridge Lane, Loxley, Sheffield, S6 6SX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• whether the Council can demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply
• whether the proposal would constitute inappropriate development for the purposes of Section 13 of the Framework
• its effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land in the Green Belt
• its effect on the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area
• its effect on the ecology and biodiversity of the surrounding area
• its accessibility by means other than the car
• its effect on the risk from flooding
• if it is inappropriate development, 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 proposal's substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt, as inappropriate development, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development did not exist.

the substantial harm from inappropriateness and to Green Belt openness, together with harm to character and appearance and other harm from an unsustainable location and flood risk, was not clearly outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing, brownfield redevelopment and other considerations, so the balance tipped against the proposal.