®Planning appeal decision
Windmill Court County House, Keighley Road, Illingworth,, Halifax, HX2 8YB
Planning appeal 6010078 at Windmill Court County House, Keighley Road, Illingworth,, Halifax, HX2 8YB (Calderdale) was allowed on 1 September 2026 by Inspector John Morrison, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Single storey extension to catering kitchen
- Authority
- Calderdale
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- employment-industrial
- Inspector
- John Morrison
- Postcode
- HX2 8YB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify it
What decided it
The compelling business need and functional requirement for the extension, combined with the very limited harm to Green Belt openness and the ambiguity surrounding whether disproportionate growth had already occurred, amounted to very special circumstances that outweighed the substantial weight due to Green Belt harm.
Substantial weight to harm to the Green Belt (inappropriateness and minor reduction in openness) was outweighed by greater than substantial weight to other considerations (clear business need and functional requirement), such that very special circumstances were demonstrated.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1 of the Calderdale Local Plan 2018/19-2032/33, 2023
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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