The development proposed of outline planning application for residential development comprising of the erection of 10no. new build 4-bedroom dwellings has been dismissed.
I consider the main issues to be: (i) whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies; (ii) the effect on the openness and the purposes of the Green Belt; (iii) the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area; (iv) the effect of the proposal on highway safety; and (v) if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal.
Brook Works, Brook Street, Brown Lees, Biddulph