®Planning appeal decision
Little Lake Side Farm, Bowl Shaw Lane, Northowram, HX3 7TF
an agricultural farm workers dwelling
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Clowes M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, including whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker at the site, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate an essential functional and financial need for a permanent agricultural worker's dwelling sufficient to clearly outweigh the substantial Green Belt harm, so very special circumstances were not established.
the substantial weight attached to Green Belt harm (inappropriateness and loss of openness) was not clearly outweighed by the unproven case for an essential rural worker's dwelling and other limited-weight considerations, so very special circumstances were not demonstrated
Framework references: 154, 142, 84, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy GN4, Policy BT1, Policy GB1, Policy IM5
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.