Planning appeal decision
The Smallholding, , Common Lane, , Norton, Doncaster, DN6 9HZ
Planning appeal 3353584 at The Smallholding, , Common Lane, , Norton, Doncaster, DN6 9HZ (Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 July 2025 by Inspector Kempton N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, having regard to the transport and highways impacts of the development, with regards to the proposed access road.
conversion of an agricultural building into two dwellings
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Kempton N
- Postcode
- DN6 9HZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, having regard to the transport and highways impacts of the development, with regards to the proposed access road
What decided it
The access road (Common Lane) is unsuitable to serve the proposed dwellings due to its unmade surface, single-track nature, lack of passing places, and inability to safely accommodate domestic traffic and waste collection vehicles.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 115
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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