®Planning appeal decision
Land North East of Ellis Bottom Farm, Mill Fold Way, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 4HS
Planning appeal 3329180 at Land North East of Ellis Bottom Farm, Mill Fold Way, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 4HS (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 February 2025 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- HX6 4HS
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- GB1BT1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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