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Allowed10 July 20266006858

Land at, Pontefract Road, Pontefract, WF11 8RJ

Planning appeal 6006858 at Land at, Pontefract Road, Pontefract, WF11 8RJ (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was allowed on 10 July 2026 by Inspector Beverley Wilders, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and relevant development plan policy.

change of use of land to a private gypsy and traveller caravan site consisting of 2no pitches each containing a mobile home, a touring caravan, car parking, landscaping, acoustic fence, shared dayroom, play area, kickabout area, demolition of existing stabl e and relocation of stable and associated works and equestrian use of the land

Authority
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy
Inspector
Beverley Wilders
Postcode
WF11 8RJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and relevant development plan policy
  • Whether occupiers of the site would be provided with acceptable living conditions having particular regard to air quality and noise

What decided it

The finding that the appeal site constituted grey belt land, meaning the proposal was not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP3Policy LP51
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 155Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 58

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