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Allowed10 January 20243321424

Wicken Tree Bungalow, Wicken Tree Lane, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 4TZ

Planning appeal 3321424 at Wicken Tree Bungalow, Wicken Tree Lane, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 4TZ (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was allowed on 10 January 2024 by Inspector Williams K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies.

proposed 3 no. stables and tack room

Authority
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector
Williams K
Postcode
WF4 4TZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies

What decided it

The stables qualify as an appropriate facility for outdoor sport and recreation that preserves the openness of the Green Belt and does not conflict with its purposes, therefore constituting non-inappropriate development requiring no very special circumstances justification.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS1Policy D23
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 143Paragraph 149Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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