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Dismissed8 January 20243322292

Wood Field House, Halifax Road, Hipperholme, Brighouse, BD22 8HD

Planning appeal 3322292 at Wood Field House, Halifax Road, Hipperholme, Brighouse, BD22 8HD (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 January 2024 by Inspector Francis M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt.

construction of agricultural storage building to store food machinery and house livestock

Authority
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Francis M
Postcode
HX3 8HD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposed access track on highway safety
  • The effect of the proposal on the Shibden Valley Special Landscape Area (SLA)
  • If the development is inappropriate, whether the 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 proposed development

What decided it

The moderate harm to Green Belt openness and the unacceptable harm to the Special Landscape Area were not clearly outweighed by the personal and moderate benefits advanced by the appellant, and therefore very special circumstances did not exist to justify inappropriate development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GB1Policy BT4Policy GN4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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