®Planning appeal decision
Overgrown Acres Cotgrave Road, Normanton on the Wolds, Nottingham, NG12 5PE
Planning appeal 3281233 at Overgrown Acres Cotgrave Road, Normanton on the Wolds, Nottingham, NG12 5PE (Rushcliffe Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 June 2022 by Inspector Russell M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies.
Seasonal change of use. Erection of 3 tipis each 10metre radius as a triangle in the corner of grass grazing paddock from 1st May to 30th September annually to allow for 28 events to be held e.g. wedding/anniversary plus pagoda for wedding ceremonies
- Authority
- Rushcliffe Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Russell M
- Postcode
- NG12 5PE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- If the proposal is inappropriate, whether the 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 development
What decided it
The substantial weight attached to the harm from inappropriate development in the Green Belt was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, so very special circumstances did not exist.
the substantial harm from inappropriate development in the Green Belt, together with the modest harm to openness, was not clearly outweighed by the only moderate weight afforded to the other considerations (economic benefits, fallback position, biodiversity net gain, community benefit), so very special circumstances were not made out
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 21 (Green Belt) LPP2Policy 10 (Design and Enhancing Local Identity) LPP1Policy 1 (Development Requirements) LPP2Policy 5 LPP1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 137
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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