®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to the A614, Worksop, S80 3PA
construction and operation of a solar farm and battery energy storage system, together with all associated works, equipment, necessary infrastructure and landscaping
- Authority
- Bassetlaw District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Heward H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development upon the special interest of designated heritage assets: Grade I listed Clumber Park Registered Park and Garden, Grade II* listed Drayton Gate, Grade II* listed Gate Piers and Flanking Walls to Normanton Gate, and West Bridge Grade II Listed Building and Scheduled Monument
What decided it
The significant public benefits of renewable energy generation, carbon reduction and grid connection clearly and convincingly outweighed the low levels of less than substantial harm to the setting of the affected heritage assets.
The public benefits (renewable energy, climate change mitigation, national energy security, biodiversity and landscape gains) clearly and convincingly outweighed the identified less than substantial harm to the significance of the heritage assets, and the balance tipped in favour of allowing the appeal.
Framework references: 212, 215, 161
Plan policies cited: Policy ST40, Policy ST41, Policy ST35, Policy ST33, Policy ST8, Policy ST49
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios v Hackney LBC; Bernard Wheatcroft v SoS for the Environment
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.