®Planning appeal decision
Land North West of Kneeton Road, East Bridgford, Nottingham, Notts, NG13 8PJ
new dwelling with ancillary garage (incorporating sustainable building systems and renewable technologies)
- Authority
- Rushcliffe Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Russell M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The development, despite its architectural merit and sustainability features, fails to meet the exception for isolated homes in the countryside under paragraph 80(e) of the Framework because it would not be of exceptional quality and would appear incongruous within its immediate countryside setting, and the substantial harm to the Green Belt is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
Framework references: 80, 134, 137, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy 21 (Green Belt) of the Rushcliffe Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies (2019), Policy 3 (Spatial Strategy) of the Rushcliffe Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy (2014)
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.