Land SE of Weatherhill Top Farm, Coppy Nook Lane, Cragg Vale Hebden Bridge, HX7 5RJ

Conversion of Stables to Dwelling without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 24/00015/FUL, dated 12 April 2024

Authority: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Heron E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether varying the condition to allow the proposed alteration to the roof design would result in development that would be acceptable in planning terms, having regard to its location within the Green Belt and landscape, and other considerations

What decided it

The proposed roof variation would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and character, with no material considerations or very special circumstances sufficient to outweigh this harm.

Framework references: 154, 135, 11

Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy GN4, Policy BT1, Policy HS1

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