Planning appeal decision
Hawthorne House, Bingley Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AX
Planning appeal 3283794 at Hawthorne House, Bingley Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AX (City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council) was allowed on 18 February 2022 by Inspector Savage K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
a basement level side extension
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Savage K
- Postcode
- LS29 6AX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the development is inappropriate, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The cumulative volume increase of 31% only marginally exceeded the 30% threshold and, viewed in context with the modest scale and subservient nature of the extensions, did not constitute disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SC7
- 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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