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Allowed6 July 20213270347

1 Farm Hill Mews, Morley, Leeds, LS27 9RR

Planning appeal 3270347 at 1 Farm Hill Mews, Morley, Leeds, LS27 9RR (Leeds City Council) was allowed on 6 July 2021 by Inspector Edginton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on highway safety.

Retrospective application for store to front of dwelling

Authority
Leeds City Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Edginton A
Postcode
LS27 9RR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on highway safety

What decided it

The boundary wall is lawful and would obstruct visibility regardless of whether the store is removed, making dismissal perverse and unlikely to achieve the restoration of the visibility splay.

the adverse effect on highway safety was outweighed by the lawful status of the boundary wall obstruction and the futility of dismissal in restoring visibility

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy T2 of the Core Strategy

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