®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed18 December 20233322471
31 Syke Lane, HALIFAX, HX3 8SY
Replacement Building (Retrospective)
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Brook S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether each appeal scheme would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the Framework including, where appropriate, the effect on openness
- The effect of each development upon the character and appearance of the area
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, or any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposals
What decided it
Both developments constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and, in Appeal B's case, conflicting with the purpose of safeguarding countryside from encroachment, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justify the proposals.
Framework references: 138, 143, 148, 149, 150, 130, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy BT1, Policy BT2
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.