®Planning appeal decision
81 Swallow Hill Road, Low Barugh, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 1LY
Planning appeal 3372438 at 81 Swallow Hill Road, Low Barugh, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 1LY (Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 February 2026 by Inspector Duff N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
‘application for replacement dwelling at 81 Swallow Hill Road, Mapplewell, and installation of solar pv and an air source heat pump, on previously developed land, where existing access and fw sewer connection remains in situ, and demolition of the existing bungalow.’
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Duff N
- Postcode
- S75 1LY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposed development on trees
- Whether any harm by reasons 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 substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt caused by the materially larger replacement dwelling, combined with the absence of very special circumstances, required dismissal of the appeal.
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and substantial harm to openness, together with harm to trees, was not outweighed by the modest weight of benefits from renewable energy, self-build provision, improved accommodation, and other considerations, therefore very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy GB2Policy GB3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 136Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
- Judgments
- Athlone House Ltd v SSCLG [2015] EWHC 3524 (Admin); Mansell v Tonbridge and Malling BC [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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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