Planning appeal decision
Land at Lee Side Farm, Off Lee Bottom Road and Stoodley Lane, Todmorden, OL14 6HD
Planning appeal 3321523 at Land at Lee Side Farm, Off Lee Bottom Road and Stoodley Lane, Todmorden, OL14 6HD (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 January 2024 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be appropriate development in the countryside, with particular regard to whether the building would be necessary for agriculture.
an agricultural storage building
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Manchester S
- Postcode
- OL14 6HD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be appropriate development in the countryside, with particular regard to whether the building would be necessary for agriculture
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate that the agricultural storage building was demonstrably necessary for agriculture, thereby conflicting with Policy GB2.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2
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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