®Planning appeal decision
Land at Field North of 200 Hopwell Road, Hopwell Road, Draycott, Derby, DE72 3SD
Planning appeal 3283424 at Land at Field North of 200 Hopwell Road, Hopwell Road, Draycott, Derby, DE72 3SD (Erewash Borough Council) was allowed on 13 February 2023 by Inspector Pleasant L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any other relevant development plan policies.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land for agricultural use to non-agricultural use comprising of the erection of a building with no agricultural use established on the land, formation of access track, laying of hard surfaced turning area, siting of storage containers and storage of non-agricultural items
- Authority
- Erewash Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- DE72 3SD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any other relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area
- Is the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The access track and hard surfaced turning area were found not to be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and caused no harm to its openness or to the character and appearance of the area, so the harm/very special circumstances test did not need to be engaged and permission was granted.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 10 Erewash Core Strategy, 2014Saved Policy GB1 of the Erewash Local PlanPolicy 3 of Erewash CSPolicy OC10 of the CS
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 108Paragraph 109Paragraph 150
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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