®Planning appeal decision
Springwood Farm, Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD
1) without planning permission, making a material change of use of the Land to a mixed-use comprising vehicle storage authorised by planning permission 24/00283/FL, agriculture and the outside storage of motorhomes and caravans (“the outside storage use”); 2) operational development carried out to facilitate the mixed -use described in para 3.1) above, namely: the erection of a building (“the Building”), shown for the purposes of identification annotated shaded black on the attached plan and the formation of the hardstanding, shown for the purposes of identification hatched blue on the attached plan
- Authority
- North East Derbyshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hartley D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the breach of planning control constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt including its effect on Green Belt openness and purposes
- whether in terms of the use of the erected building it accords with the requirements of policy SDC1 f) of the adopted 2021 North East Derbyshire Local Plan 2014-2031
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area including landscape character
- the effect of the loss of any ancient woodland on the land
- whether the unauthorised development is sustainably located in terms of access to the use of sustainable modes of transport
- if the breach of planning control is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify development
What decided it
The loss of irreplaceable ancient woodland and the substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes, which were not clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 116, 153, 154, 155, 187, 193
Plan policies cited: SS9, SS10, SD3, SDC1, SDC2, SDC4
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