®Planning appeal decision
Hope Farm, Leeds Road, Otley, LS21 3DW
Removal of existing storage buildings and structures. Erection of new dwelling house to the equal volume of the existing structures
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Robbie K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any other relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development, having regard to the approach to rural housing set out in the Framework
- Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, as it fails the replacement building exemption due to change of use, would harm openness through a more substantial consolidated structure visible from wider views, and would erode rural character in a Special Landscape Area.
Framework references: 137, 147, 148, 149, 79, 80
Plan policies cited: Policy GE1, Policy N37, Policy N37A, Policy N33, Policy P10, Policy P12, Policy GE2
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.