Planning appeal decision
Walkers Yard, Kent Road, Pudsey, LS28 9HG
Planning appeal 3284473 at Walkers Yard, Kent Road, Pudsey, LS28 9HG (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 30 December 2021 by Inspector Caines A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
a new bungalow dwelling with attic bedrooms and associated parking and external garden areas
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Caines A
- Postcode
- LS28 9HG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether 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 the proposal
What decided it
The harm to the Green Belt from inappropriate development and encroachment into open countryside was not clearly outweighed by the limited social and economic benefits of providing one additional dwelling.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt from inappropriate development and encroachment was not clearly outweighed by the limited social and economic benefits of the proposal, so very special circumstances did not exist to justify approval.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy N33 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006) Volume 1: Written StatementPolicy H2(iii) of the Leeds Core Strategy (as amended by the Core Strategy Selective Review 2019)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 148
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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