Planning appeal decision
Land off Green Lane, Burley in Wharfedale, LS29 7HP
Planning appeal 3330027 at Land off Green Lane, Burley in Wharfedale, LS29 7HP (City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council) was allowed on 22 January 2024 by Inspector Caines A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
a building for storage of forestry equipment, trailers, chippers, stump grinders, tools for repairs and logs in association with tree felling/landscape contracting business
- 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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BW2 of the Burley-in-Wharfedale Neighbourhood Development Plan 2017-2030Policy SC7 of the Bradford Core Strategy Development Plan Document 2017Policy GB1 of the Bradford Replacement Unitary Development Plan 2005
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 85Paragraph 88
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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