®Planning appeal decision
Longroyd Farm, Long Royd Road, Triangle, Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, HX6 1NX
Planning appeal 3338053 at Longroyd Farm, Long Royd Road, Triangle, Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, HX6 1NX (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 September 2024 by Inspector Veevers A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.
‘conversion and extension of the former helicopter hangar building to ancillary domestic accommodation’
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Veevers A
- Postcode
- HX6 1NX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the 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 development
What decided it
The proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt by failing to meet the exception criteria for extensions and re-use of buildings, and would cause moderate harm to the spatial and visual openness of the Green Belt, with no very special circumstances to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy GB1.I.cPolicy GB1.II.d
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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