5850 Rickett Lane, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, NG21

Planning appeal 3308354 at 5850 Rickett Lane, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, NG21 (Newark & Sherwood District Council) was dismissed on 3 April 2023 by Inspector Wilkinson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

Erection of a timber 3.6m x 7.2m building to store agricultural machinery to tend the field only which will be screened with conifers or other advised by yourself

Authority: Newark & Sherwood District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Wilkinson F

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
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 building does not qualify as a building for agriculture and therefore constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justify it.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Spatial Policy 4BCore Policy 9Core Policy 13Policy DM5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149

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