®Planning appeal decision
Hollingworth Gate , Hollingworth Lane, Walsden, OL14 6QY
single storey detached residential dwelling with existing access, gate and driveway
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Biggers P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location of the proposed dwelling would be a sustainable one given the countryside setting
- whether the development would have an adverse impact on highway safety and would have a poor level of accessibility by sustainable travel modes
- whether the development would have an adverse impact on landscape setting and character and appearance
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with up-to-date development plan policies relating to development in the Area around Todmorden, particularly Policy GB2 which restricts housing in open countryside, and no material consideration warrants an exception.
The slight benefit of adding one dwelling to housing supply was outweighed by the conflict with up-to-date development plan policies and the absence of any material consideration to warrant an exception to the policies restricting development in this countryside location.
Framework references: 79, 80, 11, 12
Plan policies cited: Policy GB2, Policy IM5, Policy GB4
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.