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Dismissed8 February 20243318364

Land On The North Side Of Bawtry Road, Finningley, Doncaster, DN9 3BX

Planning appeal 3318364 at Land On The North Side Of Bawtry Road, Finningley, Doncaster, DN9 3BX (Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 February 2024 by Inspector Wilson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be an enterprise that supports a prosperous rural economy, having regard to national and local planning policy.

construction of stables and change of use of field to equestrian use

Authority
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Wilson L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed development would be an enterprise that supports a prosperous rural economy, having regard to national and local planning policy

What decided it

The proposed development would result in the loss of an existing productive agricultural business use contributing to the rural economy and replace it with a private recreational use providing very limited economic benefits, thereby failing to justify the rural location as supporting a prosperous rural economy contrary to Policy 25 and NPPF paragraph 88.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 25
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 88

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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