Hill Top Farm, Blake Road, Stapleford, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 7HP

entrance gates, perimeter fencing, pathway & driveway retaining wall

Authority: Broxtowe Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Ellis D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the entrance gates and perimeter fencing are inappropriate development for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework
The effect of the entrance gates and perimeter fencing on the openness of the Green Belt
If the entrance gates and perimeter fencing are 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 fallback position of a 2m high fence installable as permitted development, combined with security and highway safety benefits, clearly outweighed the substantial harm to Green Belt openness and limited harm to neighbours.

Framework references: 149, 150

Plan policies cited: Policy 3 of the Greater Nottingham Aligned Core Strategies Part 1 Local Plan (September 2014), Policy 8 of the Broxtowe Borough Council Part 2 Local Plan (adopted October 2019)

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