Meadowlands Briestfield Road, Briestfield, Dewsbury, WF12 0PA

Planning appeal 3340637 at Meadowlands Briestfield Road, Briestfield, Dewsbury, WF12 0PA (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was dismissed on 24 February 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the Framework.

the construction of an outbuilding, drive and adjacent walls, entrance gate, boundary wall and landscaping, in the green belt

Authority: Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Phillips A
Postcode: WF12 0PA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the Framework
If the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, or 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 development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that harms openness and encroaches into the countryside, and no very special circumstances exist to justify it.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy LP56
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 156Paragraph 157

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