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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.