very special circumstances

The benefits of a plan to expand an existing business park in the Amber Valley into the surrounding green belt amounted to ‘very special circumstances’, an inspector has found, noting the ‘disproportionate’...

An inspector has approved a scout group’s plans for a new headquarters on green belt land within a conservation area, commenting that the Covid-19 pandemic had ‘heightened awareness’ of the need for social,...

An inspector has granted permission for 100 homes on green belt land straddling two authority areas in Hertfordshire, notably ruling that the ‘bleak’ housing supply of the two councils contributed to the...

A pub in Surrey has won permission for three outdoor ‘dining barns’ that were rejected at appeal shortly after the first Covid-19 lockdown began in March 2020, after an inspector agreed that a ‘material...