Planning appeal decision
The Cottages, Moor Road, Bramhope, Leeds, LS16 9HH
Planning appeal 3360121 at The Cottages, Moor Road, Bramhope, Leeds, LS16 9HH (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 27 June 2025 by Inspector Cowley R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition No 6 is necessary and reasonable with regard to local and national policy protecting the openness of the Green Belt.
part two storey, part first floor side extension, part two storey, party first floor rear extension without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref P/08/03002/FU, dated 29 September 2008
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Cowley R
- Postcode
- LS16 9HH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition No 6 is necessary and reasonable with regard to local and national policy protecting the openness of the Green Belt
What decided it
The size and openness of the rear garden area, combined with previous extensions exceeding the 30% guidance threshold and the realistic prospect of further substantial development under Class E PDR causing comparable harm to Green Belt openness, justified the necessity and reasonableness of condition No 6.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy N33 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57Paragraph 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.
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