®Planning appeal decision
Greenfield Cottage Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, DRONFIELD, S18 7SD
for change of use of land for keeping of horses, erection of timber frame stable block on concrete base, plus solar panels on roof
- Authority
- North East Derbyshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hughes L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect on openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the countryside area
- whether the appeal site would be suitable for the proposed development having regard to past coal mining activity
- whether any 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 necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The moderate harm to Green Belt openness and countryside character, combined with the failure to demonstrate site suitability due to coal mining risks, could not be outweighed by the limited private and environmental benefits advanced, such that very special circumstances did not exist.
Framework references: 142, 152, 154, 135, 189, 88, 153, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy SS10, Policy SS1, Policy SS9, Policy SDC12, Policy SDC3
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