®Planning appeal decision
Beech House, Castle Lane, Todmorden, OL14 8AS
residential development (all matters reserved save for access)
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Lancaster K
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.
Framework references: 11, 48, 78, 79, 80, 112, 170
Plan policies cited: Policy NE8 of the Replacement Calderdale Unitary Development Plan, Policy BE5 of the Replacement Calderdale Unitary Development Plan, Policy GB2 of the emerging Calderdale Local Plan, Policy IM4 of the emerging Calderdale Local Plan, Policy IM5 of the emerging Calderdale Local Plan, Policy BT4 of the emerging Calderdale Local Plan
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.