®Planning appeal decision
Hazelnut Cottage, Middlefield Lane, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, WF8 3JU
Planning appeal 3266739 at Hazelnut Cottage, Middlefield Lane, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, WF8 3JU (Selby District Council *) was allowed on 1 June 2021 by Inspector Savage K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework.
alteration and extension of an existing dwelling and replacement of existing domestic outbuilding
- Authority
- Selby District Council *
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Savage K
- Postcode
- WF8 3JU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- If the proposal would be inappropriate development whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The fallback position under permitted development rights, which would result in greater harm to Green Belt openness than the proposed scheme, was sufficient to clearly outweigh the substantial harm caused by the inappropriate development.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and effect on openness was clearly outweighed by the significant weight given to the fallback permitted development scheme and limited weight to removal of existing outbuildings, establishing very special circumstances to justify the inappropriate development
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP3 of the Selby District Core Strategy (October 2013)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 145
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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