Yorkshire Scare Grounds Scream Park, Hell Lane , Heath Wakefield, WF1 5SG

a described as a “retrospective application for a steel construction building for Airsoft sports use and Yorkshire Scare Grounds Halloween event use

Authority: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Dean S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal development 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
the effect of the appeal development on the character of the area, including the intensity of the built form

What decided it

The appeal development preserves the openness of the Green Belt and does not conflict with the purposes of including land within it, satisfying the exception test in paragraph 149b of the NPPF.

Framework references: 149

Plan policies cited: Policy CS1 of the Local Development Framework Core Strategy, Policy D23 of the Local Development Framework Development Policies, Policy D9 of the Local Development Framework Development Policies

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