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Dismissed11 June 20266004656

Land South of Brook House Grange, Brook House, Lane Head Lane, Ogden, Halifax, HX2 8XN

Planning appeal 6004656 at Land South of Brook House Grange, Brook House, Lane Head Lane, Ogden, Halifax, HX2 8XN (Calderdale) was dismissed on 11 June 2026 by Inspector J Hobbs, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be inappropriate in the Green Belt.

the development of four holiday lodges and associated parking, turning, and cycle storage

Authority
Calderdale
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
leisure-sport
Inspector
J Hobbs
Postcode
HX2 8XN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development would be inappropriate in the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposed development on the openness and the purposes of including land within the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Northern Calderdale Moorlands and Fringes Special Landscape Area (the SLA)
  • whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The substantial harm to the Green Belt through inappropriate development and loss of openness, to which paragraph 153 of the Framework requires substantial weight to be given, was not clearly outweighed by the moderate economic and environmental benefits of the proposal.

The moderate weight ascribed to economic benefits, environmental benefits and social benefits did not clearly outweigh the substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt (inappropriateness and loss of openness), and therefore very special circumstances were not established.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GB1Policy EE2Policy BT1Policy GN4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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