Planning appeal decision
Lower Crimsworth Farm House, Pecket Well, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8RB
Planning appeal 3340230 at Lower Crimsworth Farm House, Pecket Well, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8RB (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 November 2024 by Inspector Radcliffe I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework.
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- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Radcliffe I
- Postcode
- HX7 8RB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework
- whether the proposal would preserve the Grade II listed building, Lower Crimsworth Farmhouse, or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses
- whether the proposed development would preserve the setting of other nearby listed buildings
- 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 very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm, combined with less than substantial harm to the listed building and its setting, with insufficient public benefits to outweigh these harms.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy BT1Policy HE1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 152Paragraph 154Paragraph 195Paragraph 205Paragraph 206Paragraph 208Paragraph 148
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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