®Planning appeal decision
Land on the West Side of Peastack Lane, Tickhill, Doncaster, DN11 9LF
without planning permission a material change of use of the Land from agriculture to use as a residential gypsy and traveller caravan site by the excavation of topsoil, construction of a hardstanding compound and the siting of caravans, motorhomes and structures, on the Land
- Authority
- Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Madge M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt and its effect on openness and the purposes of including land in the Green Belt
- whether the development would harm the character and appearance of the area
- whether the development would give rise to other harms
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial Green Belt harm from inappropriate development was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, including need, personal circumstances and the best interests of the children.
the substantial harm to the Green Belt from inappropriateness and loss of openness, together with moderate harm to character and appearance and moderate weight against intentional unauthorised development, was not clearly outweighed by the low identified need, personal circumstances of the occupiers or the best interests of the children, so very special circumstances were not demonstrated
Framework references: 150, 148, 144
Plan policies cited: policy 11: Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show People, policy 29: Ecological Networks, policy 30: Valuing Biodiversity and Geodiversity, policy 60: Protecting and Enhancing Doncaster’s Soil and Water Resources, policy 11(D)6, policy 11(D)4, policy 60(A)
Judgments cited: Kingston Upon Thames (RB) c SSLUHC & (IP) Mrs Laura Williams [2023] EWHC 2055 (Admin)
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