®Planning appeal decision
Great North Road, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire , NG24 1DP
described on the amended application form as ‘reconfiguring and extension of existing recycling yard including raising ground levels, new/extended buildings, weighbridge, external walls and new access’
- Authority
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- minerals-waste · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Gilbert-Wooldridge T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal represents an acceptable form of development in flood risk terms, having regard to the flood zone, off-site implications, and the sequential test
- whether the proposal represents an acceptable form of development in the countryside
- the overall planning balance having regard to any benefits
What decided it
The proposal failed the flood risk sequential test (being located in Flood Zone 3b with reasonably available lower-risk alternative sites) and was not an acceptable form of development in the countryside.
Substantial weight afforded to the conflict with flood risk and countryside policies clearly outweighed the significant, moderate and limited weight afforded to the economic, environmental and highway benefits.
Framework references: 165, 168, 169
Plan policies cited: Policy WCS8, Policy WCS14, Policy W3.5, Core Policy 10, Policy DM5(9), Policy DM5, Policy WCS4, Policy WCS7, Policy SP5, Policy DM7, Policy DM5(b), Policy DM5(c), Policy DM1, Spatial Policy 3, Policy DM8, Policy WCS1, Policy SP3
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.