®Planning appeal decision
Lambshill Towthorpe Lane, Towthorpe, YORK, YO32 9SR
the retention of change of use of land from agricultural use to the siting of 104 external storage containers (Use Class B8)
- Authority
- City of York Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Clowes M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm would be outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and conflicting with Green Belt purposes, and this harm combined with harm to character and appearance is not outweighed by other considerations so as to establish very special circumstances.
Framework references: 142, 152, 154, 155, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy SS2, Policy GB1, Policy D1, Policy D2
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