Land West Of Quaker Cottage Meetinghouse Lane South Leverton Nottinghamshire

1. 1.The proposed development, by virtue of its siting and relationship to the surrounding landscape, would introduce built form into a location that is not well contained by existing development and forms part of a transitional area between the settlement and open countryside. The proposal would erode the openness and rural character of this edge-of-settlement location, resulting in harm to the character and appearance of the area. As such, the development would fail to respect the prevailing settlement pattern and would not positively respond to the distinctive landscape character. The proposal is contrary to Policies ST2 and ST35 of the Bassetlaw Local Plan and Chapter 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposal meets the self-build criteria for exemption from the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain requirement. No evidence has been provided to confirm that the development would be delivered as a genuine self/custom-build dwelling, such as inclusion on the Council's Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Register or a secured Unilateral Undertaking. In the absence of such evidence, the proposal cannot be considered exempt from the mandatory requirement to deliver a minimum 10% biodiversity net gain, as set out in the Environment Act 2021. No Biodiversity Gain Plan, metric calculation or supporting information has been submitted to demonstrate how the development would achieve the required biodiversity uplift. The proposal fails to demonstrate compliance with the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain requirements and is therefore contrary to the Environment Act 2021, Policy ST38 of the Bassetlaw Local Plan, and Paragraph 187 (Chapter 15) of the National Planning Policy Framework. STATEMENT The Local Planning Authority has worked positively and proactively with the applicant to overcome problems arising from the application and while not all of these can be overcome and planning permission/consent is refused, several potential reasons for refusal have been negated.

From the council's decision notice.

Date validated

13 January 2026