Openness Of The Greenbelt – Visual Impact Only One Aspect

In R (Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) and others) v North Yorkshire County Council [2020] UKSC 3 the Supreme Court has ruled on the approach to be taken by a decision maker when considering “openness” in the context of paragraph 90 (now addressed by paragraph 146) of the NPPF.

Greenbelt policy requires that development that isinappropriate (i.e. most built development) should not be approved unlessvery special circumstances can be demonstrated. This provides a higher degree of protection to land...

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