2 The Bridge, Penistone Road, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XP

Planning appeal 3291662 at 2 The Bridge, Penistone Road, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XP (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was dismissed on 3 May 2022 by Inspector Rollings G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the scheme represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt, for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (2021) and development plan policy.

the erection of a detached dwelling

Authority: Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Rollings G
Postcode: HD8 8XP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the scheme represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt, for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (2021) and development plan policy
The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, or any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness and does not constitute limited infilling, and no very special circumstances exist to outweigh this harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy LP59Policy LP21Policy LP22
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 149Paragraph 150

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