®Planning appeal decision
Former Tapton City Cottages, Tapton, S43 1QQ
Planning appeal 3369539 at Former Tapton City Cottages, Tapton, S43 1QQ (Chesterfield Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 February 2026 by Inspector Savage K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal represents a suitable location for housing, having regard to the spatial strategy of the Chesterfield Borough Local Plan (July 2020) and in particular: (i) the protection afforded to the functional aim of, and openness provided by, the Brimington and Tapton Strategic Gap; (ii) the accessibility of the site to local services and facilities; and (iii) the effect of the proposal on the landscape character of the area.
redevelopment to provide 1 no. single storey dwelling
- Authority
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
- Postcode
- S43 1QQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal represents a suitable location for housing, having regard to the spatial strategy of the Chesterfield Borough Local Plan (July 2020) and in particular: (i) the protection afforded to the functional aim of, and openness provided by, the Brimington and Tapton Strategic Gap; (ii) the accessibility of the site to local services and facilities; and (iii) the effect of the proposal on the landscape character of the area
What decided it
The proposal would not represent a suitable location for housing having regard to accessibility to local services and would cause harm to landscape character and the openness of the Strategic Gap, such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The limited benefits of adding one dwelling to housing supply, modest biodiversity gains and economic activity were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of locating development in an unsustainable location lacking accessibility to services and causing harm to landscape character and the openness of the Strategic Gap.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CLP1Policy CLP2Policy CLP3Policy CLP15
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 84
- Judgments
- Braintree District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Others [2018] EWCA Civ 610
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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