®Planning appeal decision
Land Opposite 8 Mountain Way, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, HD5 0EW
Planning appeal 3276643 at Land Opposite 8 Mountain Way, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, HD5 0EW (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was dismissed on 14 October 2021 by Inspector Martinson P, 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, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt.
residential development
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Martinson P
- Postcode
- HD5 0EW
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP59Policy LP24a
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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