The Smithy, Whitley Farm Drive, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 4LN

resubmission of approved application ref: 25/00590/FUL (Single storey extension to front. 1.5 storey extension and two-storey infill extension to rear. Replacement fenestrations and changes to openings front and rear and rooflight to front) to increase the size of the front extension and include a flue to the rear

Authority: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Morrison A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies

What decided it

The proposed extension, judged on its individual merits, would not amount to disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building and therefore constitutes a permitted exception to inappropriate development in the Green Belt under Framework paragraph 154(c) and Policy LP62.

Framework references: 154

Plan policies cited: Policy LP62, Policy SP22

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