Meadows Farm, Ridge Top Lane, Hayfield, High Peak, SK22 2JQ

Planning appeal 3351568 at Meadows Farm, Ridge Top Lane, Hayfield, High Peak, SK22 2JQ (High Peak Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 April 2025 by Inspector Wilson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

remodelling to the house, conversion of the existing barn annex, construction of a link structure between the house and annex and associated landscaping

Authority: High Peak Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Wilson L
Postcode: SK22 2JQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area
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 required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances demonstrated to outweigh the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm, openness harm, and character and appearance harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy EQ4Policy EQ6
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154

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