Rochdale Road, Walsden, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, OL14 6SA

construction of one detached dwelling

Authority: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Veevers A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on the setting of the Grade II Listed Building known as Hollins Mill
highway safety
flood risk

What decided it

The substantial harm to the significance of the listed building's setting, combined with unacceptable highway safety impacts and failure to satisfy flood risk requirements, could not be outweighed by the moderate benefits of residential development.

the moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic activity were outweighed by the great weight attached to less-than-substantial harm to the listed building's setting, combined with unacceptable highway safety impacts and unresolved flood risk

Framework references: 70, 114, 165, 168, 169, 171, 173, 205, 206, 207, 208

Plan policies cited: Policy HE1, Policy BT1, Policy HS1, Policy BT4, Policy CC2

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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