®Planning appeal decision
Rostrevor, Station Road, Stanley, ILKESTON, Derbyshire, DE7 6HB
for the change of use and alteration/extension of the building to a dwelling
- Authority
- Erewash Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Billings C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt by reason of disproportionate additions to the original building, and the harm to openness and character is not clearly outweighed by the benefits advanced.
the benefits of the appeal proposal do not clearly outweigh the totality of the harm arising from inappropriateness and other harms, so very special circumstances have not been demonstrated
Framework references: 11, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy GB5, Policy GB6, Policy 10
Judgments cited: Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2009]; R (Zurich) v Lincolnshire Council [2012]; Hersch Schneck v Secretary Of State For Levelling Up, Housing & Communities and West Berkshire District Council [2022]; Wychavon v SSCLG & Butler [2008]; Basildon v FSS & Temple [2004]; Basildon v SSETR & Ors [2000]
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