Brandon Grange Farm, Brandon Crescent, Scarcroft, LEEDS, LS17 9JH

conversion of stables to 2 bed dwelling

Authority: Leeds City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Skelly C

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 (2023) and any relevant development plan policies, and the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
Whether any 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 necessary to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal fails to preserve the openness of the Green Belt through its intensified domestic use and associated paraphernalia, and harms character and appearance, with the benefits not clearly outweighing these harms and no very special circumstances established.

The substantial harm to the Green Belt and significant harm to character and appearance, taken together, outweigh the modest benefits of housing provision and reduced car park area, with no very special circumstances demonstrated.

Framework references: 152, 154, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy GB4 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006), Policy N24 of the UDP, Policy N33 of the UDP, Policy H2 of the Core Strategy

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