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Dismissed2 December 20253355514

Land North East of West Retford Hall, Rectory Road, Retford, Notts, DN22 7AY

Planning appeal 3355514 at Land North East of West Retford Hall, Rectory Road, Retford, Notts, DN22 7AY (Bassetlaw District Council) was dismissed on 2 December 2025 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide an acceptable standard of living conditions for future residential occupiers.

erect dwelling attached to the wall within Retford Hall walled garden including the conversion of the existing lean-to buildings to the north of the garden wall (Resubmission of P.A. 22/01670/FUL)”

Authority
Bassetlaw District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Manchester S
Postcode
DN22 7AY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would provide an acceptable standard of living conditions for future residential occupiers
  • The acceptability of the proposal in terms of flood risk
  • The effect of the proposal on protected species

What decided it

The absence of a bat survey to establish the presence or absence of protected species and the potential for the proposal to harm bat roosts and roosting bats, which cannot be addressed by planning condition and must be resolved before permission is granted.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 46Policy ST50Policy ST38

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