Planning appeal decision
High Park Farm Cross Lane, Blidworth, Mansfield, Nottingham, NG21 0LX
Planning appeal 3354364 at High Park Farm Cross Lane, Blidworth, Mansfield, Nottingham, NG21 0LX (Newark & Sherwood District Council) was dismissed on 25 March 2025 by Inspector Gee R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies.
proposed rear first floor extension to create en-suite
- Authority
- Newark & Sherwood District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Gee R
- Postcode
- NG21 0LX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- if it is inappropriate development, whether the 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 necessary to justify it
What decided it
The cumulative effect of the proposed extension combined with existing extensions would be disproportionate to the original building and would not meet the exception under paragraph 154(c) of the Framework, and the other considerations did not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Spatial Policy 4B
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 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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