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Denby Hall Business Park - Flamstead House Hall Road, Denby, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 8JX
Planning appeal 3340781 at Denby Hall Business Park - Flamstead House Hall Road, Denby, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 8JX (Amber Valley Borough Council) was allowed on 20 March 2025 by Inspector Cryan M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development within the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, and its effects on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt.
Vehicle parking facility comprising approximately 7,600m² of hardstanding providing around 50 car parking spaces for employees and HGV spaces with lighting columns
- Authority
- Amber Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Cryan M
- Postcode
- DE5 8JX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development within the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, and its effects on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- If the 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 development
What decided it
The very substantial economic and social benefits arising from the appellant company's significant growth and the essential role of the parking facility in supporting the efficient and safe operation of a major local employer clearly outweighed the moderate loss of Green Belt openness.
The substantial weight given to the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and moderate loss of openness was clearly outweighed by the very substantial economic and social benefits of supporting a significant employer's growth and operations, thereby establishing very special circumstances to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy EN2Saved Policy ER5Saved Policy TP1Saved Policy EN16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 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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