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Dismissed5 November 20243346387

Field, Westerton Road, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1AE

Planning appeal 3346387 at Field, Westerton Road, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1AE (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 5 November 2024 by Inspector Mulloy C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is an appropriate location for housing with regard to the development plan – and if not, whether there are other considerations which would justify a grant of outline planning permission.

outline planning application for the erection of up to 9 no. dwellings with all matters reserved (save for the principal access off Westerton Road), parking, landscaping, private gardens and public open space at land off Westerton Road, West Ardsley, Leeds WF3 1AE

Authority
Leeds City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Mulloy C
Postcode
WF3 1AE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site is an appropriate location for housing with regard to the development plan – and if not, whether there are other considerations which would justify a grant of outline planning permission

What decided it

The proposal's clear conflict with Policy N11 of the UDP, which protects the appeal site as part of the Haigh Wood open land designation, carries significant weight that is not overcome by the moderate benefits of additional housing supply and economic benefits, particularly given the Council's adequate five-year housing land supply.

The conflict with Policy N11 carries significant weight against the development; the considerations in favour (additional market housing supply, economic benefits, and recreation and biodiversity improvements) collectively carry moderate weight but are insufficient to overcome the statutory presumption in favour of the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy N11Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)Policy HG2-168Policy HG2-169Site Allocations Plan (January 2019)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 8Paragraph 8bParagraph 97Paragraph 102Paragraph 225

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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