®Planning appeal decision
Land Opposite 8 Mountain Way, Kirkheaton, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 0EW
residential development
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Martinson P
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, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm combined with harm to character and appearance was not clearly outweighed by the modest benefits of the scheme, such that very special circumstances did not exist.
The substantial weight to be given to Green Belt harm combined with harm to character and appearance, relative to the modest benefits of housing supply and economic benefits, did not clearly outweigh the identified harms, and therefore very special circumstances did not exist.
Framework references: 149
Plan policies cited: Policy LP59, Policy LP24a
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.