®Planning appeal decision
Back Lane, Hebden Bridge, Ripponden, HX7 7PF
Planning appeal 3339844 at Back Lane, Hebden Bridge, Ripponden, HX7 7PF (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 April 2026 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
‘Without planning permission, Breach 1: The construction of two buildings on the Land Breach 2: The erection of a silo on the Land Breach 3: The erection of five shipping containers on the Land Breach 4: Engineering operations consisting of the formation of a vehicular access track on the Land from Back Lane Breach 5: The undertaking of engineering operations on the Land being excavation and the raising of ground levels creating three artificial platforms Breach 6: The laying of hardstanding on the Land’
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- HX7 7PF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effects on biodiversity, including the likely effects on the South Pennine Moors Phase II Special Protection Area (SPA), the South Pennine Moors Special Area of Conservation (SAC), and the South Pennine Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
- flood risk and ground stability relating to drainage at the site
- 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 required to justify the development
What decided it
The potential adverse effects on the integrity of the neighbouring habitats sites and functionally linked land, and the local Wildlife Habitat Network, which could not be ruled out due to insufficient ecological assessment and absence of baseline bird data, outweighed the appellant's case.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy GN3Policy CC2Policy CC3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 13Paragraph 15Paragraph 154Paragraph 193
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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