Yorkshire

Appeal: Green belt treehouse cannot be considered an extension

19.04.2018

An inspector has dismissed claims that a proposed treehouse could be permissible in the green belt as an extension despite being some distance from the main house.

Site where Town Head Farm's new slurry store will be built / Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

Bishopdale slurry store approved in Yorkshire

12.04.2018

Laura Edgar

farm | Rural | Yorkshire | yorkshire dales national park

The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has approved a dairy farmer’s application for the park’s largest circular slurry store, after the application was knocked back late in 2017.

Appeal: Green belt home restoration would be 'tantamount to a rebuild'

06.04.2018

Matt Moody

building materials | Green Belt | Rural | Yorkshire

The extensive works required to restore a dilapidated green belt building last used as a home in 1945 would be 'tantamount to a rebuild' and therefore inappropriate green belt development, an...

Increasing council tax on second homes in Yorkshire voted down

06.03.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing | Rural | second homes | Yorkshire | yorkshire dales national park

A proposal to increase council tax on second homes in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (YDNP) 'has in effect been killed off', said its chairman.

Appeal: Javid overrules inspector to block 300-home Leeds scheme despite shortfall

23.02.2018

Matt Moody

Contrary to the recommendation of his inspector, Sajid Javid has blocked a 300-home scheme in Leeds for its harm to an adjacent conservation area, despite a ‘significant' shortage of housing in the...

Appeal: Costs awarded over Leeds Wetherspoon conversion

16.02.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has ordered Leeds City Council to pay costs for behaving unreasonably after it wrongly withheld permission to convert a disused former doctor's surgery in Cross Gates into a Wetherspoons pub...

Appeal: Javid issues final ruling on Scout Moor wind farm expansion

15.02.2018

Matt Moody

called-in decision | Infrastructure - Energy | wind farm | Yorkshire

Sajid Javid has confirmed his 2016 decision to grant permission for two of the 16 turbines proposed as part of an expansion of Scout Moor wind farm, Rochdale, a decision issued subject to various conditions...

National park approves small affordable homes scheme

15.02.2018

Laura Edgar

affordable homes | Housing | Yorkshire | yorkshire dales national park

The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has approved in full an application for five new affordable homes in Bainbridge in the face of a local protest.

Appeal: Rural worker’s dwelling approved for 400-year-old pig rearing business

08.02.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has allowed the owner of a large pig farm near Scarborough to build a home for his family on site, after ruling that it would be unreasonable to require the appellant’s elderly mother to...

Appeal: Grass airstrip refused in national park for fourth time

07.02.2018

Matt Moody

Environmental | Leisure & Tourism | National Park | Protected species | Yorkshire

An inspector has blocked plans for a 600m grass runway on a farm in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park for the fourth time, because of the ‘dearth of reliable information’ on the impact on...

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