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

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

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

Framework references: 11, 135, 149, 153, 154, 155, 232

Plan policies cited: UDP Policy GE1, UDP Policy GE3, UDP Policy GE4

Judgments cited: 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

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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