®Planning appeal decision
Land North East of Ellis Bottom Farm, Mill Fold Way, Ripponden, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 4HS
without planning permission, the construction of a timber chalet building (with decking) for residential use, the construction of a timber workshop building and the erection of detached freestandin g solar panels on the land (in the approximate position indicated on Plan EN1 and as seen in the digital photographs attached to this Notice at appendix 1)
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control is inappropriate development in the Green Belt including its effect on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify development
What decided it
The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and conflicting with Green Belt purposes, and this harm is not clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances.
The substantial adverse weight afforded to harm caused to the Green Belt and the harm to character and appearance of the rural location is not outweighed by the provision of green energy or other considerations, and very special circumstances do not exist to justify the inappropriate development
Framework references: 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: GB1, BT1
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.