®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed7 May 20266001432
McGregors Way, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2WB
a proposed storage unit
- Authority
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Bartle L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including whether the appeal site is grey belt land with particular reference to whether flood risk provides a strong reason for refusing or restricting the proposed development
- the effect of the proposal on biodiversity
- would any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, 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 weight given to Green Belt harm combined with flood risk and biodiversity harm was not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of employment use and job creation, so very special circumstances did not exist to justify the inappropriate development.
Framework references: 153, 154, 181, 187
Plan policies cited: Policy CLP1, Policy CLP6, Policy CLP13, Policy CLP15, Policy CLP16, Policy CLP19
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.