®Planning appeal decision
Woodfield House, Halifax Road, Hipperholme, Brighouse, HX3 8HD
Planning appeal 3349814 at Woodfield House, Halifax Road, Hipperholme, Brighouse, HX3 8HD (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 May 2025 by Inspector Senior H, 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 Framework and relevant development plan policies; and if so, the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes for including land within the Green Belt.
construction of agricultural storage building to store food machinery and house livestock
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Senior H
- Postcode
- HX3 8HD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies; and if so, the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes for including land within the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the site and its surroundings, having regard to its location within the Shibden Valley Special Landscape Area (SLA)
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the 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 proposed development
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with limited harm to openness and Green Belt purposes, and the moderate weight of other considerations does not clearly outweigh this harm to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy BT4Policy GN4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154
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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