®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent , 1 Black Edge Lane,, Denholme Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 4ET
Planning appeal 3365334 at Land Adjacent , 1 Black Edge Lane,, Denholme Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 4ET (City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 4 September 2025 by Inspector Symmons J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
‘Potential New Residential Dwelling’
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Symmons J
- Postcode
- BD13 4ET
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would 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 that would cause moderate harm to openness and purposes, and the identified benefits did not clearly outweigh this harm or constitute very special circumstances.
the moderate weight of housing supply benefits and other considerations did not clearly outweigh the substantial weight given to the harm to the Green Belt and the strong policy reasons for restricting development in the Green Belt
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- saved Policy GB3 of the RUDPBradford District Core Strategy Development Plan Document 2017Bradford Council Core Strategy Policy SC8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 154eParagraph 153Paragraph 11dParagraph 11
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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