®Planning appeal decision
Greenfield Cottage Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD
Planning appeal 3339572 at Greenfield Cottage Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD (North East Derbyshire District Council) was dismissed on 12 July 2024 by Inspector Hughes L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
for change of use of land for keeping of horses, erection of timber frame stable block on concrete base, plus solar panels on roof
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hughes L
- Postcode
- S18 7SD
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS10Policy SS1Policy SS9Policy SDC12Policy SDC3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 152Paragraph 154Paragraph 135Paragraph 189Paragraph 88Paragraph 153Paragraph 56
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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