Planning appeal decision
Land at Thorpe Lane, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 8LG
Planning appeal 3330921 at Land at Thorpe Lane, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 8LG (Leeds City Council) was allowed on 31 January 2024 by Inspector Teasdale N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect on openness, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Erection of agricultural building for livestock housing and storage
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Teasdale N
- Postcode
- LS20 8LG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect on openness, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area, including its effect on the Special Landscape Area in which it is located
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposed agricultural building falls within the exception to inappropriate development in the Green Belt under paragraph 154 of the Framework as a building for agriculture, and the associated access track would preserve openness as an engineering operation under paragraph 155.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy N33Policy N32Policy P10Policy P11Policy P12Policy GP5Policy BD5Policy N37
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 152Paragraph 180
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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