®Planning appeal decision
LAND AND PROPERTY AT EGYPT FARM, GOMERSAL, CLECKHEATON, BD19 4EU
without the benefit of planning permission, the erection of a building
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Griffin E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (Framework)
- the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and its purposes
- whether any 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 development
What decided it
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm (inappropriateness and limited harm to openness) was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, so very special circumstances were not made out.
the substantial weight attached to Green Belt harm from inappropriate development and limited loss of openness was not clearly outweighed, individually or collectively, by the neutral or limited weight given to other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist
Framework references: 149, 137
Plan policies cited: Policy LP54
Judgments cited: Athlone House Limited v SSCLG & Camden LBC{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.