®Planning appeal decision
Land At Ingham Lane Farm , Ingham Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 9PE
three self- and custom-build dwellings
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cryan M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be an appropriate location for housing development, having particular regard to the type and amount (and therefore the density) of development proposed
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the Inspector found the site's density and location appropriate, such that adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
The modest but valuable contribution to housing supply and to meeting self- and custom-build need, together with very limited weight attached to residual Green Belt policy conflict, meant adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, so the balance tipped in favour of granting permission in principle.
Framework references: 11, 129, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy HS2
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.