Planning appeal decision
7 The Green, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1EL
Planning appeal 3318657 at 7 The Green, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1EL (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 8 December 2023 by Inspector Rogers B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Without planning permission the erection of a glazed canopy in the position shown hatched black on the attached plan
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Rogers B
- Postcode
- WF4 1EL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The development unduly harms the character and appearance of the area through its incongruous design and materials, contrary to development plan policies, and this harm is not outweighed by very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS10D9D10D23
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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