Hill Farm, Chain Road, Slaithwaite, HUDDERSFIELD, HD7 5TZ

the “Erection of Agricultural Barn”

Authority: Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Brooker M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and the development plan
Whether or not the development is genuinely required for the purposes of agriculture with regards to Policy LP54(A) of the Kirklees Local Plan
The effect of the proposal upon the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to its effects upon the settings and thereby the significance of the adjacent II listed buildings

What decided it

The appellant satisfactorily demonstrated that the agricultural barn is genuinely required for the purposes of agriculture, and the building would not harm the character and appearance of the area or the setting of the adjacent listed buildings.

Framework references: 154, 145

Plan policies cited: Policy LP54(A), Policy LP24(A), Policy LP35, Policy LP21, Policy LP22

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