®Planning appeal decision
Garage Near 22, Hays Lane, Mixenden, Halifax, HX2 8UL
demolition of existing outbuilding, conversion & extension of workshop to form single dwelling
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Clowes M
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
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development proposed
- The effect on highway safety, with particular regard to visibility splays
- Whether the 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 proposal would result in inappropriate development in the Green Belt with a materially greater impact on openness through a 72% volume extension, and this substantial harm was not clearly outweighed by any other considerations to justify very special circumstances.
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm combined with the identified harm from an unsuitable location for residential development was not clearly outweighed by any other considerations, and the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 105, 110, 111, 148, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy NE4, Policy GP1, Policy H9, Policy BE5, Policy BE6
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.