®Planning appeal decision
Land to East of 13 Osborne Street, Balmoral Street, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, HX7 8BE
Planning appeal 3330797 at Land to East of 13 Osborne Street, Balmoral Street, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, HX7 8BE (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 May 2024 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Hebden Bridge Conservation Area.
a new dwelling at Osborne Street, Hebden Bridge
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Hebden Bridge Conservation Area
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of occupants of 4 Marlborough Road, No 13/16, and Beech Mount, with regard to loss of daylight and sunlight, and privacy
- whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants, with regard to privacy
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the conservation area, to which great weight must be given, outweighs the benefits of housing delivery and sustainability measures.
The benefits of housing delivery, sustainability measures and site remediation, which attract considerable weight, do not outweigh the great weight given to the less than substantial harm to the conservation area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HE1Policy HS1Policy BT1Policy BT2Annex 2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 205Paragraph 208Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823
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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