Butterworth End Farm, Butterworth End Lane, Norland, Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, HX6 3SD

Planning appeal 3354628 at Butterworth End Farm, Butterworth End Lane, Norland, Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, HX6 3SD (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 April 2025 by Inspector Duff N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Conversion of barn to dwelling (amended scheme to 23/00601/FUL)

Authority: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Duff N
Postcode: HX6 3SD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
The effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area including the setting of nearby Grade II Listed Buildings
Whether adequate arrangements would be made for the drainage of foul and surface water from the site
If the proposal is inappropriate development whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade II Listed Buildings, combined with the failure to demonstrate adequate foul and surface water drainage arrangements, outweighed the limited public benefits of the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GB1Policy HE1Policy CC3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154Paragraph 143Paragraph 212Paragraph 215

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