®Planning appeal decision
Land to the east of New Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9NA
- Authority
- City of York Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Watson S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the site is within the Green Belt and if so, the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt and whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The very significant benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, in the context of the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, outweighed the identified landscape and heritage harms.
The significant weight attached to housing and affordable housing delivery and limited weight attached to heritage benefit outweighed the moderate landscape harm and the less than substantial harm (with considerable importance and weight) to Huntington Grange, so the balance favoured allowing the appeal.
Framework references: 11, 48, 56, 57, 60, 61, 63, 137, 138, 142, 143, 147, 148, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy H14 HNP, Policy H4 HNP, Policy H5 HNP, Policy H1 HNP, Policy H2 HNP, Policy H3 HNP, Policy H17 HNP, Policy YH9C RSS, Policy Y1C RSS, Policy SP2 2005 dLP, Policy SP3 2005 dLP, Policy GB1 2005 dLP, Policy SS1 eLP, Policy SS2 eLP, Policy GB1 eLP
Judgments cited: Wedgewood v City of York Council [2020] EWHC 780 (Admin); Samuel Smiths Old Brewery v North Yorkshire CC [2020] UKSC 3; Forge Field v Sevenoaks DC [2014] EWHC 1895 (Admin)
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.