Planning appeal decision
Fleur De Lys Hotel, Main Road, Unstone, Derbyshire, S18 4AB
Planning appeal 3287994 at Fleur De Lys Hotel, Main Road, Unstone, Derbyshire, S18 4AB (North East Derbyshire District Council) was dismissed on 24 April 2023 by Inspector Morgan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect on openness.
two 3 bed semi-detached affordable houses on the redundant car park
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Morgan R
- Postcode
- S18 4AB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect on openness
- if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the resulting harm, 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 would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing modest but real harm to openness, and the minor benefits from housing provision and economic activity did not clearly outweigh this harm to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS10Policy LC3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 69Paragraph 119Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
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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