Planning appeal decision
Stone Leigh, Palace House Road, Palace House Road, Hebden Bridge, W Yorks, HX7 6HW
Planning appeal 3268884 at Stone Leigh, Palace House Road, Palace House Road, Hebden Bridge, W Yorks, HX7 6HW (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 June 2021 by Inspector Taylor K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition in dispute is reasonable and necessary in regard to local and national planning policies in the interests of protecting and safeguarding biodiversity, having particular regard to bats.
Two storey rear extension
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Taylor K
- Postcode
- HX7 6HW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition in dispute is reasonable and necessary in regard to local and national planning policies in the interests of protecting and safeguarding biodiversity, having particular regard to bats
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide substantive evidence or justification for why external bat boxes would be suitable alternatives to an integrated roosting feature, and the proposed location fell outside the defined development site.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy NE17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 175
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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