®Planning appeal decision
Causeway Garth Lane (Land Off), Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 3HD
for demolition of existing buildings and the erection of 1 self-build dwelling
- Authority
- Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The enhancement to the settings of the two Grade II listed buildings, combined with the contribution to housing supply and the self-build status, cumulatively amount to very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the minor harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness.
The minor harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness, to which substantial weight was attached, was clearly outweighed by the great weight given to the enhancement of the listed buildings' settings, the minor weight given to housing supply contribution and economic/social benefits, and the very limited weight given to the self-build and fallback benefits, together amounting to very special circumstances.
Framework references: 142, 153, 154, 155, 143, 73, 73, 73, 73, 212, 210, 110, 57
Plan policies cited: SP3(f), SP5(f), LP1, LP63, LP64, SP23(3), LP60
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.