Greenholes Farm, Ripponden, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 4NH

proposed change of use from stable block to dwelling house formally a dwelling house without complying with conditions attached to planning permission reference 22/00550/CON, dated 2 May 2023

Authority: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Wilkinson F

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed variation to condition 6 on the character and appearance of the area
whether condition 10 is reasonable and necessary to make the development acceptable in the context of the site's location within the Green Belt

What decided it

Permitted development rights should not be removed from a Green Belt dwelling unless there is clear, site-specific justification, which the Council failed to provide given that such rights are retained elsewhere in the Green Belt and the GPDO contains inherent safeguards.

Framework references: 55, 57, 135, 154, 187

Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy BT1, Policy BT4, Policy GN4

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