®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed23 February 20233305945
Leger Lakes Stables, East Field Lane, Laughton, Rotherham, S25 1ZY
the use of land as a car park
- Authority
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Williams K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 including the effect upon the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- if the proposal is 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 it
What decided it
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness and countryside character is not clearly outweighed by the modest and unsubstantiated economic and operational benefits claimed by the appellant.
Framework references: 138, 147, 148, 150, 81, 84, 85
Plan policies cited: Policy CS4, Policy SP2, Policy CS11
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