17 Rudgate Park, Thorp Arch, WETHERBY, LS23 7EJ

retrospective change of use of green/open space to residential driveway and garden involving landscaping works including new hardstanding, fencing and creation of new vehicular accesses

Authority: Leeds City Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Madge M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
Highway safety and accessibility

What decided it

The grassed areas formed part of the planning unit of the dwelling for incidental/ancillary residential purposes rather than public open space, and the hardstanding and fencing caused no significant visual harm to character and appearance or harm to highway safety and accessibility.

Plan policies cited: Policy P10, Policy P12, Policy G6, Policy G9, Policy EN5, Policy T2, Policy BE2, Saved Policy GP5, Saved Policy LD1, Saved Policy N25, Policy BD6, Householder Design Guide policy HDG1, Householder Design Guide policy HDG2

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