®Planning appeal decision
Land South of 70 & 72 Sandy Lane, Bramcote, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 3GS
Planning appeal 3323373 at Land South of 70 & 72 Sandy Lane, Bramcote, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 3GS (Broxtowe Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 December 2023 by Inspector Billings C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the benefits associated with the proposal would outweigh the harm or loss of a Green Infrastructure Asset and Local Wildlife Site.
the erection of two dwellings on land off Sandy Lane, Bramcote to enable the removal and eradication of Japanese Knotweed, to create a publicly accessible woodland nature park (to be known as Bramcote Unity Park), extending across all the remaining land in the ownership of the applicant (i.e. all land within the blue line ownership area) and to bring about significant improvements in the biodiversity value of this land
- Authority
- Broxtowe Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Billings C
- Postcode
- NG9 3GS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the benefits associated with the proposal would outweigh the harm or loss of a Green Infrastructure Asset and Local Wildlife Site
What decided it
The cumulative benefits of the proposal, including Japanese Knotweed removal, biodiversity net gain, and public access to a woodland community park, were not sufficient to outweigh the harm and loss to the Green Infrastructure Asset and Local Wildlife Site caused by the introduction of residential development and domestic use.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 16 of the Greater Nottingham, Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies Part 1 Local PlanPolicy 28 of the Broxtowe Borough Council Part 2 Local Plan 2018-2028Policy 31 of the Broxtowe Borough Council Part 2 Local Plan 2018-2028Policy 17 of the Greater Nottingham, Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies Part 1 Local Plan
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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