®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed16 October 20253368129
High Ridings, Park Mount, Pool in Wharfedale, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 3BX
outline planning permission for one detached dwelling with some matters reserved
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Armstrong N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Pool-in-Wharfedale Conservation Area
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
- if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal fails to preserve or enhance the conservation area, constitutes inappropriate Green Belt development, and would prejudice highway safety, with the modest housing supply benefit insufficient to outweigh these substantial harms.
Framework references: 142, 154, 155, 212, 215
Plan policies cited: Policy P10, Policy P11, Policy GP5, Policy N19, Policy N33, Policy GB2, Policy T2
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.