Planning appeal decision
Hawksworth Quarry, Odda Lane, Hawksworth, Leeds, LS20 8NZ
Planning appeal 3307793 at Hawksworth Quarry, Odda Lane, Hawksworth, Leeds, LS20 8NZ (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 18 May 2023 by Inspector Wraight G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed variation of condition 18 would fall within the scope of development approved under the original permission or would instead constitute a separate use not ancillary or incidental to the stone quarrying.
the Continuation of Existing Stone Quarrying and the Erection of Buildings without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 28/96/93/FU, dated 26 January 1996
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Wraight G
- Postcode
- LS20 8NZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed variation of condition 18 would fall within the scope of development approved under the original permission or would instead constitute a separate use not ancillary or incidental to the stone quarrying
What decided it
The proposed operation would constitute a separate mixed use extending beyond the scope of the original permission for stone quarrying, contrary to the Finney principle that section 73 applications cannot vary the operative part of the original permission.
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