®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed11 April 20253357435
Land off Back Lane, Penshaw, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 7ER
change of use of agricultural land to a secure dog field, new access from Back Lane, track and parking area
- Authority
- Sunderland City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Clark L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for biodiversity (BNG)
- whether the proposal would comprise inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the development plan and the Framework, and the effect upon the openness
- 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 would fail to provide adequate provision for biodiversity net gain, conflicting with Policy EN2 of the Core Strategy, which was not outweighed by the neutral Green Belt assessment.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy NE2, Policy NE6, Policy EN2
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