Planning appeal decision
Valley Side Farm, Rakehill Road, Barwick In Elmet, Leeds, LS15 4JJ
Planning appeal 3265727 at Valley Side Farm, Rakehill Road, Barwick In Elmet, Leeds, LS15 4JJ (Leeds City Council) was allowed on 7 June 2021 by Inspector Coyne C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant Development Plan policies.
described on the application form as ‘Full Planning Permission for a purpose built agricultural building to provide housing for the Applicants cattle and to provide ancillary produce storage
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Coyne C
- Postcode
- LS15 4JJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant Development Plan policies
What decided it
Agricultural buildings are not inappropriate development in the Green Belt under paragraph 145(a) of the NPPF, and the evidence demonstrated a genuine need for the proposed building to house livestock on the holding.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy N33
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 145Paragraph 144
- Judgments
- Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, R (on the application of) v Epping Forest District Council & Anor (Rev 1) [2016] EWCA Civ 404
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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