®Planning appeal decision
Stanmore & Edgware Golf Centre, Brockley Hill, STANMORE, London, HA7 4LR
the demolition of existing golf club buildings and construction of a single and two storey building for a banqueting facility; widening of existing vehicular access from Brockley Hill, car and cycle parking, waste/recycling storage, landscape enhancement and associated works
- Authority
- London Borough of Harrow
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Wallis D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of development upon the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the development upon the local highway network and highway safety
- the need for the development
- whether the harm caused by inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount of the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness from inappropriate development was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, so very special circumstances were not established.
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and limited harm to character and appearance were not clearly outweighed by the moderate economic, social and biodiversity benefits and limited clean-up benefit, so very special circumstances did not exist and the appeal was dismissed.
Framework references: 150, 92, 93, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy G2 (London Plan 2021), Policy CS1 (Harrow Core Strategy 2012), Policy DM16 (Harrow Development Management Policies 2013), Policy D1 (London Plan), Policy DM1 (DMP), Policy T4 (London Plan), Policy T6 (London Plan), Policy DM42 (DMP), Policy DM43 (DMP), Policy DM6 (DMP), Policy CS1(f) (Core Strategy)
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL, 1982, P37]
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