Land at, Pontefract Road, Pontefract, WF11 8RJ

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
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.

Framework references: 155, 143, 154, 58

Plan policies cited: Policy SP3, Policy LP51

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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