®Planning appeal decision
Little Doubting Farm, Hartcliff Hill Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 9FS
Planning appeal 3307726 at Little Doubting Farm, Hartcliff Hill Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 9FS (Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 February 2023 by Inspector Moulton E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
a barn conversion to residential tourism accommodation
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moulton E
- Postcode
- S36 9FS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- If inappropriate development, 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 necessary to justify the proposal in the Green Belt
What decided it
The extensive nature of the proposed works, constituting substantial and significant alterations tantamount to new build rather than re-use of a building, rendered the development inappropriate in the Green Belt, and the modest economic and openness benefits did not clearly outweigh this harm to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy GB3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 84Paragraph 148Paragraph 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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