Planning appeal decision
Land at Priesthorpe Road, Leeds, LS28 5RE
Planning appeal 3290573 at Land at Priesthorpe Road, Leeds, LS28 5RE (Leeds City Council) was allowed on 12 April 2022 by Inspector Radcliffe I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework.
the erection of a new agricultural barn
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Radcliffe I
- Postcode
- LS28 5RE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework
- if the development is inappropriate, the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposed barn qualifies as an exception to inappropriate development under NPPF paragraph 149 as a building for agriculture, and therefore does not require very special circumstances to be justified.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- N33GP5
- 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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