®Planning appeal decision
The Sidings Hotel & Restaurant, Station Lane, Shipton By Beningbrough, YORK, YO30 1BT
demolition of existing restaurant and removal of existing railway carriages currently used as bedroom, dining and storage accommodation. Erection of new hotel with car parking, including a bar, restaurant and gym
- Authority
- Hambleton District Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Caines A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework and the development plan
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether 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 proposal
What decided it
The significant economic benefits of the proposal do not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt (by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness) and the significant harm to character and appearance, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
The significant economic benefits including job creation, increased visitor accommodation, and business rates income were weighed against the harm of inappropriate development, moderate loss of Green Belt openness, and significant harm to character and appearance; the balance tipped decisively against the proposal as the economic benefits did not clearly outweigh the totality of harm.
Framework references: 149, 148, 84, 81
Plan policies cited: Policy DP9, Policy DP30, Policy DP32, Policy DP33, Policy DP25, Policy CP1, Policy CP4, Policy CP15, Policy CP16, Policy CP17
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.