®Planning appeal decision
Site of former Olivers Garden Centre, Holmhill Lane, Chester Moor, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3RQ
construction of a new building to be used as a customer display area, the re-siting of a storage shed approved under application DM/19/03858/FPA, and the siting of 2.4 metre and 3-metre-high storage palettes and 3 rows of material storage racks
- Authority
- Durham County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Coyne C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant Development Plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on the purposes of including land within the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed development on the rural character of the area and its landscape
- whether the proposal would meet the relevant development plan tests for new development in the countryside
- if the proposed development is inappropriate, whether the 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 the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt both spatially and visually, and this harm was not clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances.
Framework references: 142, 152, 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy 20, Policy 10, Policy 39
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.