Island Cottage, Blackstone Gill Lane, Wike, Leeds, LS17 9JU

Planning appeal 3340175 at Island Cottage, Blackstone Gill Lane, Wike, Leeds, LS17 9JU (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 16 August 2024 by Inspector Brooker M, 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.

provision of secondary driveway to existing dwelling

Authority: Leeds City Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Brooker M
Postcode: LS17 9JU

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
The effect of the appeal scheme on highway safety
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 proposal

What decided it

The inadequate visibility splays at the proposed access fail to demonstrate any overall benefit to highway safety, and without such benefits there are no other considerations that clearly outweigh the substantial harm to Green Belt openness.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy N33 of the Leeds Local Plan Core StrategyPolicy T2 of the Leeds Local Plan Core Strategysaved policy GP5 of the UDP
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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