Planning appeal decision
Barnside Farm Barnside Lane, Hepworth, Holmfirth, HD9 1TN
Planning appeal 3284109 at Barnside Farm Barnside Lane, Hepworth, Holmfirth, HD9 1TN (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was dismissed on 28 February 2022 by Inspector Ellison H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
the conversion of agricultural barn to bunkbarn
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ellison H
- Postcode
- HD9 1TN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- If found to be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would fail to preserve the openness of the Green Belt and would conflict with its purposes through intensification of use and encroachment into countryside, and the benefits advanced did not clearly outweigh this substantial harm to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LP60LP56
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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