Lawn Hill, Cliffe Drive, Rawdon, LEEDS, LS19 6LL

extension to provide battery storage and water storage together with PVs to the roof and disabled lift access

Authority: Leeds City Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Storey P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would comprise inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and the development plan
The effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt and its five purposes, as set out in the Framework
If it would comprise inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations that would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposed extension would result in a disproportionate 94% increase in the original building volume, far exceeding the 30% threshold, constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt that cannot be justified by the limited environmental benefits of the renewable energy and water capture measures.

Framework references: 149, 151

Plan policies cited: Policy P10 of the Core Strategy, Policy N33 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan, Policy HDG3 of the Leeds Local Development Framework Householder Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

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.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.