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Land Off Plough Lane Lowdham

25/01903/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 December 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Application for permission in principle for residential development of one to two dwellings

Received
4 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lowdham
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Off Plough Lane Lowdham. Newark and Sherwood has handled 184 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Newark and Sherwood's typical decision time. The site is in the Lowdham conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Lowdham.

76% of outline applications at Newark and Sherwood District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. It is considered the proposed residential land use of the application site and the amount of up to 2 no. of dwellings at this location would be inappropriate development in the Nottingham-Derby Green Belt, due to not being in a sustainable location and thus harmful to the Green Belt. It is considered Plough Lane is already tremendously substandard, and the introduction of up to 2 no. of residential dwellings at the application site would result in significant adverse impacts on the transport network through intensification of use of Plough Lane. The use of sustainable transport modes (walking, cycling and public transport use) by future occupiers would be discouraged. No mitigation has been proposed within the scope of the proposal and it is considered that there is no realistically feasible mitigation as both sides of Plough Lane are already developed. It is considered that safe and suitable access to the application site cannot be achieved for all users. It is considered that the 'very special circumstances' would not be formed to justify development in the Green Belt, and the principle of the development is unacceptable having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development. The proposed development would be in conflict Planning Application: 25/01903/PIP with Spatial Policy 1 and Spatial Policy 4B of the Amended Core Strategy DPD, and Paragraph 155(c.) of the NPPF in relation to the need for development to be in a sustainable location in Green Belt Land to not be regarded as inappropriate, as well as Paragraphs 110 and 115 of the NPPF in relation to promoting sustainable transport respectively.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lowdham

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2025
Consultation start
4 December 2025
Last date for comments
11 December 2025
Target decision date
10 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Town-Planning.co.uk South View 16 Hounsfield Way Sutton On Trent NG23 6PX

Planning decision

Case officer
Howard Cheng
Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
29
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: LowdhamPart of the site
  • Green belt: Newark and Sherwood
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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