Planning appeal decision
Sandown House, Woodland Road, Stanton, Derbyshire, DE15 9TN
Planning appeal 3361436 at Sandown House, Woodland Road, Stanton, Derbyshire, DE15 9TN (South Derbyshire District Council) was dismissed on 12 June 2025 by Inspector Greenwood L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
a double storey side extension, a front open porch and decking to the side with steps to the garden
- Authority
- South Derbyshire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Greenwood L
- Postcode
- DE15 9TN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The impact on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the development is inappropriate, 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 the development
What decided it
The cumulative 92.4% volume increase would result in a disproportionate addition to the original building that clearly transforms its scale, constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 153Paragraph 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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