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Notice upheld7 January 20263371920

The Cottage, The Old Mayfield School , David Lane, Sheffield, S10 4PH

Planning appeal 3371920 at The Cottage, The Old Mayfield School , David Lane, Sheffield, S10 4PH (Sheffield City Council) was dismissed on 7 January 2026 by Inspector Kean G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the building is inappropriate development in the Green Belt and, if so, the effect on its openness.

without planning permission the carrying out of operational development on the Land comprising the erection of a building

Authority
Sheffield City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Kean G
Postcode
S10 4PH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the building is inappropriate development in the Green Belt and, if so, the effect on its openness
  • If it is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and by reason of any other identified harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
  • If it is not inappropriate development, whether the development otherwise accords with the development plan and other material considerations

What decided it

The significant harm to the character and appearance of the street scene caused by the shed's prominent and inappropriate siting within the approved scheme's carefully designed open parking area, which undermined the spaciousness and architectural rhythm of the development, outweighed the minimal domestic benefits.

The minimal social and economic benefits of the building's domestic use were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to character and appearance and the unsustainability of the development when assessed against the policies in the NPPF taken as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
UDP Policy GE1UDP Policy GE3UDP Policy GE4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 135Paragraph 149Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 232
Judgments
R (on the application of Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) and others) (Respondents) v North Yorkshire County Council (Appellant) [2020] UKSC 3; Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Doherty [2021] EWHC 1082; Mead Realisation Limited vs the Secretary Of State For Levelling Up, Housing And Communities and North Somerset Council and Redrow Homes Limited vs the Secretary Of State For Levelling Up, Housing And Communities and Hertsmere Borough Council [2024] EWHC 279 (Admin); H Hiley and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities v East Lindsey District Council [2022] EWHC 1289 (Admin); R (Hampshire County Council) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2022] QB 103; Attorney General ex rel. Sutcliffe v Calderdale Borough Council (1982) 46 P & CR 399; Challenge Fencing Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2019] EWHC 553 (Admin); Dyer v Dorset County Council [1989] 1 QB 346; Methuen-Campbell v Walters [1979] 1 QB 525

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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