®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed1 February 20233298635
Former Tapton City, City Farm, off Dark Lane, Tapton, Chesterfield, S43 1QQ
2no. dwellings and garages
- Authority
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Thompson P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide a suitable site for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the protection afforded to the functional aim of and openness provided by the Brimington and Tapton Strategic Gap
- The effect of the proposed dwellings on the rural character, form and setting of the site and its surroundings
- The effect of the proposed access works on biodiversity, and the rural character and highway safety of Dark Lane
- Its accessibility to services and facilities
What decided it
The proposed development would reduce openness within the Strategic Gap and cause significant detrimental effects on rural character through both the physical presence of the dwellings and the necessary access works, while being located such that occupants would be reliant on private motorised transport.
Framework references: 80, 105
Plan policies cited: CLP1, CLP2, CLP3, CLP15, CLP20
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