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Allowed7 April 20263367817

Land Adjacent to the A614, Worksop, S80 3PA

Planning appeal 3367817 at Land Adjacent to the A614, Worksop, S80 3PA (Bassetlaw District Council) was allowed on 7 April 2026 by Inspector Heward H, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode
S80 3PA

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ST40Policy ST41Policy ST35Policy ST33Policy ST8Policy ST49
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 212Paragraph 215Paragraph 161
Judgments
Holborn Studios v Hackney LBC; Bernard Wheatcroft v SoS for the Environment

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