Land off Green Lane, Burley in Wharfedale, LS29 7HP

a building for storage of forestry equipment, trailers, chippers, stump grinders, tools for repairs and logs in association with tree felling/landscape contracting business

Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Caines A
Postcode: LS29 7HP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether 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 the proposal

What decided it

The need for secure storage at an established rural business, combined with Framework support for sustainable rural business expansion, clearly outweighs the limited harm to Green Belt openness.

Framework references: 154, 85, 88

Plan policies cited: Policy BW2 of the Burley-in-Wharfedale Neighbourhood Development Plan 2017-2030, Policy SC7 of the Bradford Core Strategy Development Plan Document 2017, Policy GB1 of the Bradford Replacement Unitary Development Plan 2005

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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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