Planning appeal decision
Beech Chase, 19 Wetherby Road, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 2JU
Planning appeal 3317471 at Beech Chase, 19 Wetherby Road, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 2JU (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 30 June 2023 by Inspector Dillon C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the Roundhay Conservation Area, with particular regard to the proposed design, form, materials, massing and relationship with existing trees.
a two storey rear extension
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Dillon C
- Postcode
- LS8 2JU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the character and appearance of the Roundhay Conservation Area, with particular regard to the proposed design, form, materials, massing and relationship with existing trees
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate any public benefits associated with either proposal to outweigh the identified less than substantial harm to the significance of the Roundhay Conservation Area arising from poor design and form.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy Land 2 of the Leeds Local Development Framework Adopted Natural Resources and Waste Local PlanPolicy LPD1 of the UDPPolicy P10 of the Leeds Local Plan Core StrategyPolicy P11 of the Core StrategyPolicy P12 of the Core StrategyPolicy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development PlanPolicy BD6 of the UDPPolicy N19 of the UDP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 126Paragraph 134
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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