®Planning appeal decision
Land Off Stocks Moor Road, Stocks Moor, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 6XQ
for the erection of single dwelling
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Unwin N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the green belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area, caused by introducing a single dwelling into undeveloped open agricultural land, outweighed the modest housing supply benefits despite the five-year housing land supply shortfall.
The adverse impacts of harm to character and appearance significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 143, 155, 156, 157
Plan policies cited: Policy LP24 of the Kirklees Local Plan Strategy and Policies (2019)
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.