Planning appeal decision
2 The Drive, Cross Gates, Leeds, LS15 8EP
Planning appeal 3302041 at 2 The Drive, Cross Gates, Leeds, LS15 8EP (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 4 November 2022 by Inspector English D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
the erection of a timber fence, gates and gate pillars to the front and side boundaries
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- English D
- Postcode
- LS15 8EP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The tall, solid, prominent and visually intrusive boundary feature fronting Austhorpe Road causes harm to the character and appearance of the area by conflicting with the established soft, green boundary character of the locality.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P10 of the Leeds Local Plan Core Strategy (as amended by the Core Strategy Selective Review 2019)Policy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)Policy N25 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)Policy HDG1 of the Householder Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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