®Planning appeal decision
Windmill View Nurseries, Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2AT
Planning appeal 3369940 at Windmill View Nurseries, Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2AT (Amber Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 3 October 2025 by Inspector Wilson L, 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, including an assessment of the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.
change of use from grazing land to recreation/leisure
- Authority
- Amber Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wilson L
- Postcode
- DE56 2AT
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, including an assessment of the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm its openness, and the economic and tourism benefits advanced did not clearly outweigh this harm to establish very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN2Policy LS3Policy ER12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 232
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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