Chestnut Acres, Slaymaker Lane, Oakworth, Keighley, BD22 7EU

the retention of 1no. 22m x 4m single storey sheep stalls and 1 no. 14m x 8m timber stable, along with 1 no. 25m x 4.1m range of animal stalls and 1 no. 25m x 2m chicken/duck, turkey and goose hut, access track and part hardstanding

Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: Major P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and if so whether there are any other considerations sufficient to outweigh the harm by inappropriateness, and any other harm, such as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify granting planning permission
The impact of the development on the character and appearance of the locality

What decided it

The finding that the appeal site was genuinely and predominantly in agricultural use, so the buildings qualified for the Green Belt agricultural exception and were not inappropriate development.

Framework references: 154

Plan policies cited: Policy SC7, Policy GB1, Policy DS1, Policy EN4

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