®Planning appeal decision
Land at Lee Royd, Heptonstall Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX7 6BB
for 2 no. three bed semi detached houses
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rafiq F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Hebden Bridge Conservation Area
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with specific regard to privacy
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the Hebden Bridge Conservation Area, which the Inspector found would not be outweighed by the public benefits of housing provision, combined with the breach of privacy standards for neighbouring occupiers, engaged the heritage asset exception to the tilted balance under paragraph 11 of the Framework.
the housing benefits of the proposal were outweighed by the less than substantial harm to the significance of the Conservation Area, which the Framework requires to be given great weight, and the adverse effect on neighbouring privacy
Framework references: 202, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy BE 1, Policy BE 18, Policy BE 2
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