®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Jesmondene Cottage, Calverton Road, Blidworth Bottoms, Nottinghamshire, NG21 0NW
Planning appeal 3305770 at Land Adjacent to Jesmondene Cottage, Calverton Road, Blidworth Bottoms, Nottinghamshire, NG21 0NW (Newark & Sherwood District Council) was dismissed on 28 July 2023 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
a. Without planning permission, operational development on ‘the Land’ comprising of the construction of field shelters (marked ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’, ‘F’, ‘G’ on the attached Location Plan and identified within photographs 1 and 2). b. Without planning permission, development comprising of the material change of use of the land from agriculture to the keeping of horses (equestrian)
- Authority
- Newark & Sherwood District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- NG21 0NW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the character and appearance 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 proposal
What decided it
The cumulative impact of seven buildings in an isolated, visually prominent location on rising countryside causes substantial harm to Green Belt openness and character and appearance, which is not outweighed by economic benefits, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Spatial Policy 4BCore Policy 9Core Policy 13Policy DM5Policy DM8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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