®Planning appeal decision
Cowley Hall Farm Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD
Planning appeal 3290431 at Cowley Hall Farm Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD (North East Derbyshire District Council) was dismissed on 17 May 2022 by Inspector Wilkinson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including its effects on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land in it.
use of land for keeping horses and construction of a stable building
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Wilkinson F
- Postcode
- S18 7SD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including its effects on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land in it
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- if the proposal is inappropriate, 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 the development
What decided it
The stable building would result in a physical and visual reduction in openness of the Green Belt and encroachment into the countryside, constituting inappropriate development whose inherent harm was not clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS10Policy SS1Policy SS9Policy SDC3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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