®Planning appeal decision
Latham Barn, Gatehead Lane, Hepworth, HOLMFIRTH, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD9 7TU
alterations to holiday let/bed & breakfast unit and garage (including rear living room extension and balcony) to create dwelling forming annex accommodation associated with Latham Barn
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wraight G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations. If so, would this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposed extensions, in conjunction with previously permitted development, would constitute disproportionate additions to the original building and cause moderate harm to Green Belt openness, which was not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and moderate harm to openness were not clearly outweighed by the appellant's personal circumstances, parish council support, or other considerations advanced, and very special circumstances did not exist.
Framework references: 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy LP57, Policy LP55
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