Meadowlands Briestfield Road, Briestfield, DEWSBURY, WF12 0PA

Authority: Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Parkin A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework 19 December 2023
The effect of land stability and mine gas on the appeal development
If the development is inappropriate, whether any 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 appeal development

What decided it

The substantial harm to the Green Belt from inappropriateness, loss of openness and encroachment into the countryside was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, so very special circumstances did not exist.

The other considerations advanced did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt, so very special circumstances did not exist and the appeal was dismissed

Framework references: 142, 154, 225, 143, 56, 55

Plan policies cited: Policy LP56, Policy LP53

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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