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Agricultural Land Adjacent to Meadow Gate House, Main Road, Lower Hartshay Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3RP
Planning appeal 3278054 at Agricultural Land Adjacent to Meadow Gate House, Main Road, Lower Hartshay Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3RP (Amber Valley Borough Council) was allowed on 13 January 2022 by Inspector Wilson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy, including an assessment of the effect on the openness of the Green Belt.
retention of an allotment with greenhouse, garden shed, raised beds and pathways on land adjacent to Meadow Gate House
- Authority
- Amber Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wilson L
- Postcode
- DE5 3RP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy, including an assessment of the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm, by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations and whether this would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The allotment and associated facilities preserve the openness of the Green Belt and do not conflict with the purposes of including land within it, satisfying the exception in NPPF paragraph 149(b) for appropriate facilities for allotments.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 219Paragraph 11
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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