®Planning appeal decision
Fields Garden Centre, Tadcaster Road, Sherburn In Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6EJ
Planning appeal 3274714 at Fields Garden Centre, Tadcaster Road, Sherburn In Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6EJ (Selby District Council *) was allowed on 20 October 2021 by Inspector Coyne C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition is reasonable or necessary in the interests of preserving the openness of the Green Belt and in the interests of the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers having regard to noise and disturbance.
conversion of former glass house including recladding to provide extension to tea room extending covers to 66 in total, retention of terrace and its use as outdoor seating area/plant sales area, extension to existing car park to provide overflow and formation of children’s play area without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 2019/0663/FUL, dated 16 April 2020
- Authority
- Selby District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Coyne C
- Postcode
- LS25 6EJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition is reasonable or necessary in the interests of preserving the openness of the Green Belt and in the interests of the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers having regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The significant social, community and economic benefits of the proposal in meeting an identified local need for hospitality venues, to which substantial weight was attached, clearly outweighed the limited harm to Green Belt openness.
The limited harm to the openness of the Green Belt was clearly outweighed by the significant social, community and economic benefits of the proposal and the identified need for such a hospitality venue near the village centre, justifying very special circumstances for development in the Green Belt.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP3Policy SP19Policy ENV1Policy ENV2Policy N33
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 185Paragraph 56
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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