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Dismissed29 July 20253363596

Castlegate Stables Castlegate, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4FA

Planning appeal 3363596 at Castlegate Stables Castlegate, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4FA (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 29 July 2025 by Inspector Cross D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with due regard to openness and highway safety.

change of use of vacant land to open storage for open storage of vehicles (B8)

Authority
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Cross D
Postcode
WF3 4FA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with due regard to openness and highway safety
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area
  • Would any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and would not provide safe access for highway safety, and these harms are not clearly outweighed by other considerations to justify very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LP27Policy LP56Policy SP3Policy SP10Policy LP62
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 143Paragraph 110Paragraph 115

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