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Dismissed23 May 20253356051

Wales Court Manor Road, Wales, Sheffield, S26 5PB

Planning appeal 3356051 at Wales Court Manor Road, Wales, Sheffield, S26 5PB (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 May 2025 by Inspector Moore J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies.

partial demolition and rebuilding of existing swimming pool building to form garage and ancillary residential annex

Authority
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Moore J
Postcode
S26 5PB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
  • the effect of the proposal upon the openness of the Green Belt
  • if the proposed development would be inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness 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 applicant failed to demonstrate that the cumulative increase in volume would not exceed the 33% policy threshold, and the proposal would cause harmful loss of openness to the Green Belt that could not be clearly outweighed by the marginal design improvements over the fallback scheme.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS Policy CS4LP Policy SP2LP Policy SP4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 153

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