Planning appeal decision
Claverton, Sparken Hill, Worksop, S80 1AP
Planning appeal 3316354 at Claverton, Sparken Hill, Worksop, S80 1AP (Bassetlaw District Council) was allowed on 1 December 2023 by Inspector Senior H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the setting of non-designated heritage assets.
new 3 Bedroom Dwelling with Associated Landscape Works
- Authority
- Bassetlaw District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Senior H
- Postcode
- S80 1AP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the setting of non-designated heritage assets
What decided it
The proposed dwelling, through its sympathetic form, scale, materials and positioning, would not harm the character and appearance of the area or the setting of the non-designated heritage assets, thereby complying with the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM4Policy DM8Policy DM12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 203
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Bassetlaw
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Dismissed22 September 20266006950Land off Middlebridge Road, Gringley-on-the-Hill, DN10 4SE
- Allowed1 September 20266007837Land South of Cave's Lane, Walkeringham, Doncaster, DN10 4LU
- Allowed7 April 20263367817Land Adjacent to the A614, Worksop, S80 3PA
- Dismissed15 December 20253373442Sherwood Lodge, Grove Coach Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 0PW
- Dismissed14 October 20253368098Land @ Broad Gate , East Markham, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0SH
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®