Deanstones Farm Deanstone Lane, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 2LL

Planning appeal 3299654 at Deanstones Farm Deanstone Lane, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 2LL (City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council) was allowed on 29 March 2023 by Inspector Franks Z, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

without planning permission, the unauthorised construction of a pre-fabricated building that is being used as a residential dwelling house, as shown in the attached photograph

Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Franks Z
Postcode: BD13 2LL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the proposals on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The essential need for an additional rural worker to be present on the farm site to supervise the suckler herd and provide security, combined with the farm's commercial viability and succession planning, constituted very special circumstances that clearly outweighed the substantial harm to the Green Belt.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 84

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