®Planning appeal decision
Land Rear of Valley View and Meadow Gardens, Church Street, Wales, South Yorkshire, S26 5LQ
Planning appeal 3364305 at Land Rear of Valley View and Meadow Gardens, Church Street, Wales, South Yorkshire, S26 5LQ (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 31 July 2025 by Inspector Skelly C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
change of use of Green Belt land to residential garden use
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Skelly C
- Postcode
- S26 5LQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause moderate harm to openness and conflict with the purpose of safeguarding the countryside, with no very special circumstances advanced to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS4
- 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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