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Notice upheld2 March 20233303341

Spring Wood Stables, New Road, Escrick, York, YO19 6EZ

Planning appeal 3303341 at Spring Wood Stables, New Road, Escrick, York, YO19 6EZ (City of York Council) was dismissed on 2 March 2023 by Inspector Wharton T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the hardstanding constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy, with particular reference to whether it preserves its openness and does not conflict with the purposes of allowing land within it.

as follows: Without planning permission the laying of hardstanding on undeveloped land within the York Green Belt

Authority
City of York Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Wharton T
Postcode
YO19 6EZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the hardstanding constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy, with particular reference to whether it preserves its openness and does not conflict with the purposes of allowing land within it
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area
  • If the building does represent 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 the development within the Green Belt

What decided it

The hardstanding has not preserved the openness of the Green Belt and constitutes inappropriate development harmful by definition, with no very special circumstances sufficient to justify an exception to Green Belt policy.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
YH9(C)Y1(C1)Y1(C2)SS2GB1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 150Paragraph 11

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