Hollybrook Cottage, Bridle Lane, Lower Hartshay, Ripley, DE5 3RQ

Planning appeal 3292332 at Hollybrook Cottage, Bridle Lane, Lower Hartshay, Ripley, DE5 3RQ (Amber Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 May 2022 by Inspector Forrett C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

an extension to front of building and addition of first floor and rear suspended balcony

Authority: Amber Valley Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Forrett C
Postcode: DE5 3RQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
If the development 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 proposal would result in a disproportionate addition to the original dwelling (78% increase in volume) constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy EN2 of the Amber Valley Borough Local Plan (2006)
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 149Paragraph 150

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