Planning appeal decision
Brook House, Hey Lane, Scammonden, Huddersfield, HD3 3HP
Planning appeal 3360046 at Brook House, Hey Lane, Scammonden, Huddersfield, HD3 3HP (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 2 September 2025 by Inspector Duff N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
retrospective application for a garden room
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Duff N
- Postcode
- HD3 3HP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Special Landscape Area
What decided it
The outbuilding would not result in a disproportionate addition over and above the size of the original building and therefore falls within the exception at paragraph 154(c) of the Framework, making it not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy GN4Policy BT1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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