76A, High Ash Drive, Alwoodley, Leeds, LS17 8RB

Planning appeal 3298703 at 76A, High Ash Drive, Alwoodley, Leeds, LS17 8RB (Leeds City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 15 August 2022 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the unauthorised development on the character and appearance of the area.

without planning permission the erection of a fence, posts and associated gates which exceeds 1 metre in height adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic which exceeds the height under Class A, Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

Authority: Leeds City Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Hartley D
Postcode: LS17 8RB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the unauthorised development on the character and appearance of the area
The effect of the unauthorised development on highway safety

What decided it

The significant collective harm caused by the breach to both the character and appearance of the area and the safe use of the highway outweighed the appellant's other considerations.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy (as amended by the Core Strategy Selective Review 2019)Saved policy N25 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan 2006Saved policy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan 2006
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 111

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