Planning appeal decision
Black Bull, Market Place, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 3AQ
Planning appeal 3337496 at Black Bull, Market Place, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 3AQ (Leeds City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 May 2025 by Inspector Rafferty C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control.
without planning permission the unauthorised development of a large shelter / structure, positioned in the beer garden to the side of the property, within the curtilage of a Grade II Listed Building, to facilitate the use of the outside beer garden
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Rafferty C
- Postcode
- LS21 3AQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The structure's location within the curtilage of a Grade II Listed Building meant that removal of the structure and all associated materials was the only proportionate way to remedy the breach of planning control.
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