®Planning appeal decision
125 Lower Butterthwaite Farm, Butterthwaite Lane, Sheffield, S35 9WA
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
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
Framework references: 11, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy GE1, Policy GE2, Policy GE3, Policy GE4, Policy GE5
Judgments cited: 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
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.