®Planning appeal decision
Beech House, Castle Lane, Todmorden, OL14 8AS
Planning appeal 3305280 at Beech House, Castle Lane, Todmorden, OL14 8AS (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 March 2023 by Inspector Lancaster K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location for housing having regard to local and national policies.
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- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Lancaster K
- Postcode
- OL14 8AF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location for housing having regard to local and national policies
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The isolated nature of the site within a Special Landscape Area and the detrimental effect on highway safety from use of an inadequate access road significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited benefits of housing supply.
The limited contribution to housing land supply was outweighed by the significant harm to the intrinsic character and beauty of the landscape and the detrimental effect on highway safety, even applying the tilted balance under Paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy NE8 of the Replacement Calderdale Unitary Development PlanPolicy BE5 of the Replacement Calderdale Unitary Development PlanPolicy GB2 of the emerging Calderdale Local PlanPolicy IM4 of the emerging Calderdale Local PlanPolicy IM5 of the emerging Calderdale Local PlanPolicy BT4 of the emerging Calderdale Local Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 48Paragraph 78Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 112Paragraph 170
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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