®Planning appeal decision
Yew House, Brow Lane, BRADFORD, BD14 6PX
a detached dwelling
- Authority
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policies and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- The effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- If the proposal would be inappropriate development 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 necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm to openness and Green Belt purposes, and the modest benefits from housing delivery and economic activity do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by the modest housing and economic benefits, and very special circumstances were not established.
Framework references: 149, 219, 11
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy GB1 of the Bradford Replacement Unitary Development Plan (RUDP), Policy SC7 of the Council's Core Strategy (July 2017), Saved Policy GB3 of the RUDP
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Gravesham Borough Council EWCA Civ 195 - 9 February 2015
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.