®Planning appeal decision
Fieldshead Cottage , Field Head , Glossop , Derbyshire , SK13 8NX
conversion of agricultural land on north, west and south of barn, to parking area for up to five cars, two agricultural vehicles
- Authority
- High Peak Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Phillips A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the appellant proved on the balance of probability that the use changed to parking domestic and agricultural vehicles on or before 20 October 2010 and continued without significant interruption for ten years
- Appeal B: whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt; the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it; the effect on the character and appearance of the area; and if inappropriate, whether the harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations
What decided it
In Appeal A, the appellant's evidence was insufficiently precise and unambiguous to discharge the burden of proof on the balance of probabilities; in Appeal B, the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm was not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial weight to be given to Green Belt harm by reason of inappropriateness and significant harm to character and appearance was not clearly outweighed by the limited weight given to the appellant's need to use the land for parking vehicles, resulting in failure to demonstrate very special circumstances.
Plan policies cited: Policy EQ2, Policy EQ3, Policy EQ4
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.