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Dismissed7 May 20253356820

Cheesecake Hall, 39 Wakefield Road, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8EL

Planning appeal 3356820 at Cheesecake Hall, 39 Wakefield Road, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8EL (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 7 May 2025 by Inspector Walker R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

detached dwelling in the same location and approximate footprint of the original derelict Cheesecake Hall

Authority
Leeds City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Walker R
Postcode
LS26 8EL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposal on highway and pedestrian safety with particular reference to the visibility at the access to Wakefield Road and users of the Public Right of Way
  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • Whether sufficient evidence has been provided to assess the effects of the proposed development on landscape assets and flood risk
  • If it 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 harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, combined with significant harm to character and appearance and highway and pedestrian safety, is not clearly outweighed by the modest benefits of a single dwelling, such that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.

The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the significant harm to character and appearance and highway and pedestrian safety are not clearly outweighed by the modest benefits of the proposed single dwelling, such that very special circumstances do not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy N33 of the Unitary Development Plan ReviewPolicy P10 of the Core StrategyPolicy T2 of the Core StrategyPolicy P12 of the Core StrategyPolicy EN5 of the Core StrategyPolicy GP5 of the Unitary Development Plan ReviewPolicy LD1 of the Unitary Development Plan ReviewPolicy Water 7 of the Natural Resources and Waste Local PlanPolicy Land 2 of the Natural Resources and Waste Local Plan
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 142Paragraph 216Paragraph 135Paragraph 139

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