Quote ="Sandal Wild Cat"communities.gov.uk/documents/planning-callins/pdf/197182.pdf
Have a look at this as a test case if you will.
THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GREEN BELT) DIRECTION 2005
PLANNING APPLICATION BY NIELS LARSEN LTD FOR THE ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT WAREHOUSE AND STORE AND 2.4M HIGH BOUNDARY FENCING AND RELOCATION OF ACCESS AT UNIT 3, SPA STREET, OSSETT
PLANNING APPLICATION NUMBER: 06/9946013F
This was an application to build a replacement warehouse on greenbelt land in Ossett.
It's dated 2006 but there have been no major changes to legislation/responsibilities of the SoS that rule against us- more to the contrary in recent months with the "cutting red tape/giving power back" spouted at every opportunity by the current gov.
para 2
[iAs you may know, the Secretary of State's general approach is not to interfere with the jurisdiction of local planning authorities unless it is necessary to do so. Parliament has entrusted them with responsibility for day-to-day planning control in their areas. Local planning authorities are normally best placed to make decisions relating to their areas and it is right that, in general, they should be free to carry out their duties responsibly, with the minimum of interference.[/i
para 3
[iThere will be occasions, however, when the Secretary of State may consider it necessary to call in a planning application to determine herself instead of leaving it to the local planning authority. Her policy is to be very selective about calling in planning applications. She will, in general, only take this step if planning issues of more than local importance are involved and if those issues need to be decided by the Secretary of State rather than at a local level.[/i
para 4
[iHaving carefully considered the relevant planning issues raised by this proposal, the Secretary of State has concluded that her intervention would not be justified. The application does not, in the Secretary of State’s view, raise issues of more than local significance, which would require a decision by her. The decision as to whether to grant planning permission will therefore remain with the Council.[/i
TBF even Labour knew that too much state involvement in planning is bad for business...
As I have said previously there have been no changes to legislation or responsibility from the SoS- and I don't see any matters of national significance to this application.'"
Hardly 200 acres is it mate
better than eastenders
