Agenda item

Description of application – Change of use of part of the site from rough grazing to dog exercise and training area (Sui Generis).

Oral representations in objection to and in support of the application were received at the meeting.

Ward Member, Councillor Richard Scoates, referred to an Article 4 Direction and did not want the green belt to be encroached on further. He was concerned with potential noise from barking dogs and also the maintenance of the access road and in his view dog training was not a recreational use.

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION BE REFUSED for the following reason:-

1.  The proposal would intensify the use of the site and would constitute an inappropriate use of land within the Green Belt, resulting in the loss of agricultural land and a harmful impact on the amenities of nearby residential properties, contrary to Policies G1 and BE1 of the Unitary Development Plan and the guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework.