Planning appeal decision
Lyncrest, Moorland Road, Bramhope, Leeds, LS16 9HW
Planning appeal 3328834 at Lyncrest, Moorland Road, Bramhope, Leeds, LS16 9HW (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 31 May 2024 by Inspector Williams K, 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 revised Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
a two storey rear extension to match existing house with hipped roof
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Williams K
- Postcode
- LS16 9HW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations. If so, would this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt with a 76% volumetric increase, and the harm to openness and inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, failing to establish the very special circumstances required.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy N33 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan Review 2006Policy HDG3 of the Householder Design Guide 2012
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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