Planning appeal decision
Craven Bank, Harewood Road, Collingham, Wetherby, LS17 9HL
Planning appeal 3364887 at Craven Bank, Harewood Road, Collingham, Wetherby, LS17 9HL (Leeds City Council) was allowed on 21 July 2025 by Inspector Smith J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any development plan policies, including any relevant effects on the openness of the Green Belt.
construction of a detached garage, a car parking bay, and widening of existing steps
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Smith J
- Postcode
- LS17 9HL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any development plan policies, including any relevant effects on the openness of the Green Belt
What decided it
The proposal would not result in disproportionate additions when a visual assessment is undertaken in the specific site context, and the engineering operations would preserve Green Belt openness.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy N33 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan Review (2006)Policy HDG3 of the Householder Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document 2012
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 232
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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