®Planning appeal decision
The Bungalow Farm , Scotland Lane, Horsforth , West Yorkshire, LS18 5SF
demolition of existing buildings, amendment of levels and construction of new build dwelling and associated landscaping
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Mayes C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and the development plan, including any relevant effects on openness
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular reference to trees
- Whether the proposal makes adequate provision for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
- Whether the 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 constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness and safeguarding of countryside from encroachment, and the limited benefits do not amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify this harm.
Framework references: 143, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy GB23, Policy P10, Policy P12, Policy H2, Policy G9, Saved Policy GP5, Saved Policy N23, Saved Policy N24, Saved Policy N25, Saved Policy LD1, Saved Policy N33, Saved Policy GB25, Policy LAND2
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