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Yews Green Farm, Yew Green, Cockin Lane, Bradford, BD14 6PX
Planning appeal 3316592 at Yews Green Farm, Yew Green, Cockin Lane, Bradford, BD14 6PX (City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 27 November 2024 by Inspector Cullen F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Construction of two new buildings (Appeals A and B); conversion of barn to form two dwellings with raising of eaves and four dormer window extensions (Appeals C and D)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cullen F
- Postcode
- BD14 6PX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the landscape character of the area
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, are clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to its openness and to landscape character, which cannot be clearly outweighed by the modest housing and economic benefits offered, and the Green Belt protection policies in NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii) provide a clear reason for refusal.
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm and landscape harm was not clearly outweighed by the modest benefits of one dwelling (Appeal A) or two dwellings (Appeal C) and associated economic benefits, such that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1 of the Replacement Unitary Development Plan (2005)Policy EN4 of the Bradford Core Strategy Development Plan Document, adopted 2017Policy DS1 of the Bradford Core Strategy Development Plan Document, adopted 2017Policy DS2 of the Bradford Core Strategy Development Plan Document, adopted 2017
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 142Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
- Judgments
- Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1983] JPL 306
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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