®Planning appeal decision
Units North of JTD Autos, Ilkeston Road, Sandiacre, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 5EA
change of use from farm storage and workshop to workshop with an office for internet sales of goods vehicles, use of open barn for under cover vehicle display, proposed fencing and hardstanding for parking and turning space
- Authority
- Erewash Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Savage K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- If the development is inappropriate, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal would preserve the openness of the Green Belt and accord with NPPF paragraph 150(e) as a material change of use that would not be inappropriate development, because the proposed vehicle storage would have no worse effect on openness than the existing uncontrolled agricultural use and would be more orderly in appearance.
Framework references: 150, 219
Plan policies cited: GB1, GB5, Policy 10
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.