The Committee considered the report of the Head of Development Management setting out details of appeal decisions received since the last meeting.

The Head of Development Management advised the Committee that the decisions to allow the appeals against the Council’s decisions to refuse applications 21/503543/FULL and 21/505816/OUT were concerning as they related to development in the open countryside.  Legal opinions had been sought on these decisions and the advice was that the Council should not proceed with judicial reviews, but, in future, Members and Officers should be very clear on the harm to the countryside in determining applications.

It was suggested that this should be covered in future training sessions.

RESOLVED:  That the report be noted.