®Planning appeal decision
Church Farm, Church Lane, Norton, GL2 9LS
retrospective planning permission for the siting of two mobile homes for workers of Kennels
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Blackwell J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location of the development is acceptable with regard to development plan policy and functional need
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2021) (Framework) and other relevant development plan policies, including the effect of the development on openness
- the effect of the development on the landscape character of the area
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The absence of a demonstrated essential functional need for a second mobile home meant the resulting harm from inappropriate Green Belt development was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist.
Substantial weight was given to the harm of inappropriateness in the Green Belt, together with limited harm to openness and landscape character, and this was not clearly outweighed by the business convenience benefits of retaining both mobile homes.
Framework references: 11, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy SD10, Policy H1, Policy SP2, Policy AGR3, Policy SD5, Policy GRB4, Policy SD6, Policy LAN2, Policy E1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.