The proposed development is the residential development of sixteen units comprising 11 market housing units and 5 local need affordable housing unit has been dismissed.
The main issues are:
• Whether the proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
• The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purpose of including land within it.
• The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
• The effect of the proposal on green infrastructure.
• The effect of the proposal on public rights of way and access.
• If the development does constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.