Planning appeal decision
No.43 Hallfieldgate Lane , Shirland , Derbyshire , DE55 6AA
Planning appeal 3324561 at No.43 Hallfieldgate Lane , Shirland , Derbyshire , DE55 6AA (North East Derbyshire District Council) was allowed on 11 December 2024 by Inspector Cross D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The character and appearance of the area (Both Appeals), with due regard to protected trees (Appeal A).
proposed footway extension to the north side of No.43 Hallfieldgate Lane, Shirland
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Cross D
- Postcode
- DE55 6AA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The character and appearance of the area (Both Appeals), with due regard to protected trees (Appeal A)
- Highway Safety (Appeal A)
What decided it
The significant weight attributed to the extant outline permission fallback scheme, which would itself cause greater harm to protected trees, meant the harm arising from Appeal A's relocated access was not sufficient to justify dismissal.
The limited harm to a single protected tree and modest landscape effects of Appeal A were outweighed by the significant weight given to the fallback scheme (which would cause greater harm to two protected trees) and by the absence of substantiated highway safety harm, tipping the balance in favour of allowing both appeals.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS9Policy SDC2Policy SDC3Policy SDC12Policy ID3Policy 3 of the SHNPPolicy 4 of the SHNPPolicy 7 of the SHNPAspirational Policy 1 of the SHNP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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