®Planning appeal decision
Land at Nether Lane, Kirk Ireton, DE6 3JW
Planning appeal 3350512 at Land at Nether Lane, Kirk Ireton, DE6 3JW (Derbyshire Dales District Council) was dismissed on 1 April 2025 by Inspector Gee R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Kirk Ireton Conservation Area.
erection of 2no. dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Derbyshire Dales District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Gee R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Kirk Ireton Conservation Area
What decided it
The less than substantial but considerable harm to the character and appearance of the Kirk Ireton Conservation Area, which could not be outweighed by the limited public benefits of the small-scale housing proposal.
The less than substantial but considerable harm to the conservation area was weighed against the public benefits of housing supply, economic benefits and sustainability credentials, and the harm outweighed the benefits given the small scale of the development
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S1Policy S2Policy S9Policy PD1Policy PD2Policy PD5Policy HC1Policy P1Policy P2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 215
- Judgments
- South Oxfordshire DC v SSE & J Donaldson [1991] CO/1440/89; South Lakeland District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment and Carlisle Diocesan Parsonages Board [1992] 2WLR 204, [1992] 2 AC 141
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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