Land known as Plot 2 (Land Registry - NT559392), Cross Lane, Blidworth, NG21 0LX

change of use to equestrian use and retention of field shelter/stable/store

Authority: Newark & Sherwood District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Braithwaite J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the operational development (retention of field shelter/stable/store) is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
Whether the operational development causes any harm other than by reason of inappropriateness
Whether there are any material considerations that outweigh the harm by reason of inappropriateness and other harm such that very special circumstances exist

What decided it

The field shelter/stable/store building, with a footprint of 41 square metres and height of 2.8 metres, undermines the spatial openness of the Green Belt and constitutes inappropriate development for which no very special circumstances exist.

Framework references: 138, 147, 148, 149, 150

Plan policies cited: Core Policy 13 of the Amended Newark and Sherwood Core Strategy 2019

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