®Planning appeal decision
Land rear of Sunnydene Farm York Road, Cliffe, SELBY, YO8 6NU
demolition of former coal yard building and outline erection of two houses and garages served from private drive
- Authority
- Selby District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Biggers P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate site for housing on the edge of Cliffe given the development plan policies
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the countryside and surroundings on York Road
- The effect of the proposed development on the protected willow tree on the southern boundary of the site
What decided it
The redevelopment of a vacant previously developed site bringing it into effective use for housing, combined with the removal of built form not in keeping with the village edge and modest housing supply benefits, outweighs the conflict with the spatial strategy in Policy SP2.
The conflict with Policy SP2 (spatial strategy restricting housing outside development limits) was outweighed by the material considerations of redevelopment of previously developed land (to which the Framework attaches substantial weight), the modest housing supply benefit, and the absence of substantive harm to character and appearance or the protected tree.
Framework references: 11, 124
Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy SP10, Policy SP15, Policy SP18, Policy SP19, Policy ENV1
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.