Grass Garth Farm, Askwith, LS21 2HU

Planning appeal 3273631 at Grass Garth Farm, Askwith, LS21 2HU (Harrogate Borough Council *) was allowed on 29 July 2021 by Inspector Brooker M, 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 the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

a “link extension between existing house and outbuilding. Conversion of outbuilding and alterations to the fenestration on the east and west elevations of the outbuilding

Authority: Harrogate Borough Council *
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Brooker M
Postcode: LS21 2HU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies

What decided it

The limited scale of the additional built form (9.8m² link extension) and its appropriate relationship to existing buildings meant the proposal did not constitute a disproportionate addition over and above the size of the original building, meeting the exception in paragraph 149 of the Framework.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GS4 of the Harrogate District Local Plan
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 176

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