Planning appeal decision
The Poultry Farm, Bay Horse Lane, Scarcroft, Leeds, LS17 8SL
Planning appeal 3317357 at The Poultry Farm, Bay Horse Lane, Scarcroft, Leeds, LS17 8SL (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 6 July 2023 by Inspector Teasdale N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
demolition of existing bungalow and outbuildings and construction of replacement dwelling, with car parking and garden
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Teasdale N
- Postcode
- LS17 8SL
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
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposed replacement dwelling would be materially larger than the existing building due to the addition of a lower ground floor of equivalent footprint, failing the test in NPPF paragraph 149(d) and causing unacceptable spatial harm to Green Belt openness that could not be outweighed by the limited other considerations advanced.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy N33Policy GB9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
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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