®Planning appeal decision
Land at 33 Gledhow Avenue, Gledhow, Leeds, LS8 1LD
without planning permission, the installation of two wall mounted external air source heat pumps to rear
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Murray J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of No 62 Denton Avenue, in terms of visual impact
What decided it
The imposition of a condition requiring the pump units to be painted black would overcome the overbearing visual impact and conflict with policy, allowing the moderate energy efficiency benefits to outweigh the residual harm.
The moderate benefits of low carbon energy and sustainability outweighed the somewhat overbearing visual impact on neighbouring occupiers, provided the units were painted black to reduce visual prominence.
Framework references: 130
Plan policies cited: Policy GP5 (Leeds Unitary Development Plan Review 2006), Policy P10 (Core Strategy as amended), Policy HDG2 (Leeds Householder Design Guide SPD), Policy Energy 2 (Leeds Natural Resources and Waste Local Plan 2013)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.