®Planning appeal decision
Site of Former Olivers Garden Centre, Holmhill Lane, Chester Moor, Chester Le Street, DH2 3RQ
Planning appeal 3330487 at Site of Former Olivers Garden Centre, Holmhill Lane, Chester Moor, Chester Le Street, DH2 3RQ (Durham County Council) was dismissed on 10 June 2024 by Inspector Coyne C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- DH2 3RQ
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 20Policy 10Policy 39
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154
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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