®Planning appeal decision
125 Lower Butterthwaite Farm, Butterthwaite Lane, Sheffield, S35 9WA
Planning appeal 3317767 at 125 Lower Butterthwaite Farm, Butterthwaite Lane, Sheffield, S35 9WA (Sheffield City Council) was dismissed on 21 September 2023 by Inspector Pearce S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt.
the “demolition of disused barn (retrospective) and erection of replacement building to create 1 no. dwellinghouse with associated landscaping and access arrangements
- Authority
- Sheffield City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pearce S
- Postcode
- S35 9WA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- 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 substantial harm to Green Belt openness caused by introducing a building into an otherwise vacant and open site is not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in an area with an undersupply of housing land.
the substantial weight to be given to the harm to the Green Belt is not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight of the cumulative benefits in favour of approval, therefore very special circumstances do not exist
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GE1Policy GE2Policy GE3Policy GE4Policy GE5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
- Judgments
- Turner v SSCLG [2016] EWCA Civ 466; Goodman Logistics v SSCLG [2017] EWHC 947 (Admin); Mansell v Tonbridge and Malling BC [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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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