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Allowed14 July 20253354875

Land At Westfield Road, Carlton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 0SJ

Planning appeal 3354875 at Land At Westfield Road, Carlton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 0SJ (Leeds City Council) was allowed on 14 July 2025 by Inspector Kirby R, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

the installation, operation, and decommissioning of a of a 50MW Battery Energy Storage System and associated infrastructure

Authority
Leeds City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector
Kirby R
Postcode
WF3 3TW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies

What decided it

The significant weight attributable to the proposal's contribution to renewable/low carbon energy and net zero objectives, combined with the finding that the site was grey belt land and the proposal was not inappropriate development in the Green Belt, outweighed the moderate harm to character and appearance.

the moderate harm to character and appearance and conflict with the development plan as a whole was outweighed by the significant benefits of renewable energy generation and net zero contribution together with the considerable biodiversity net gain, such that planning permission should be granted

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
UDP Policy N37AUDP Policy GP5UDP Policy N24CS Policy P10CS Policy P12UDP Policy LD1UDP Policy N25UDP Policy N33
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 102Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 160Paragraph 161Paragraph 168Paragraph 187
Judgments
Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)

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