Gate Farm Wood Lane, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RQ

Planning appeal 3344850 at Gate Farm Wood Lane, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RQ (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 25 October 2024 by Inspector Smith J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any development plan policies.

Retrospective Planning Application for Boarding Cattery (Variation to Approved 13/00990/FUL)”

Authority: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Smith J
Postcode: WF4 4RQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any development plan policies
whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness 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 constructed building's greater size and bulkier form compared to the original stables and previously approved cattery design harmfully reduces the openness of the Green Belt, and the moderate benefits of rural business diversification and employment do not clearly outweigh this harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy LP62
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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