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Dismissed7 March 20223283490

Firsby Hall Farm Cottage, Firsby Lane, Hooton Roberts, Rotherham, DN12 2BB

Planning appeal 3283490 at Firsby Hall Farm Cottage, Firsby Lane, Hooton Roberts, Rotherham, DN12 2BB (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 March 2022 by Inspector McDonagh C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

demolition of small barn and greenhouse and conversion of existing double barn to form a single dwelling

Authority
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
McDonagh C
Postcode
DN12 2BB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • Whether the appeal site represents a suitable location for housing
  • Whether the proposal would provide safe and suitable vehicular access
  • The effects of the proposal on protected species
  • If the proposal is inappropriate development, 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 it

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, compounded by unsustainable location, inadequate access, and unresolved protected species concerns.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS14CS4SP2SP5SP33SP34
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 150Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 110Paragraph 112Paragraph 180

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