Gregory Quarry, Off Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 1BU

residential development of up to 204 dwellings; access off Quarry Lane; associated open space; landscaping; and infrastructure works (outline with all matters reserved except for access)

Authority: Mansfield District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Watson S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposals on (i) biodiversity including the effect upon the Quarry Lane Local Nature Reserve (LNR), the River Maun Local Wildlife Site (LWS) and the Maun Woodland and Scrub (LWS) and (ii) the provision of Local Green Space.

What decided it

The cumulative harm to biodiversity, Local Green Space and Community Open Space outweighed the benefits of the scheme, particularly as the Council had a healthy housing land supply.

The benefits of the scheme, including market and affordable housing, did not outweigh the cumulative harm found to biodiversity, Local Green Space and Community Open Space.

Plan policies cited: Policy IN6, Policy NE2, Policy IN2, Policy IN3

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.