®Planning appeal decision
5 Clough Head, Harper Royd Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3QH
demolition of existing buildings to facilitate development of one dwelling
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson F
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, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether any 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 proposed dwelling would have a significantly greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the existing outbuildings due to its scale and massing, constituting inappropriate development that is inherently harmful, and the limited benefits of one dwelling do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of housing provision, employment during construction, and support for local services from one additional dwelling
Framework references: 11, 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1
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.