00:00Plans to redevelop a historic church hall in Otley have been allowed after a successful appeal.
00:07Leeds City Council blocked proposals to convert the vacant Newall Church Hall into six homes
00:13citing green space loss and heritage impact. B. Holdsworth & Sons appealed to the planning
00:19inspectorate, which ruled against the council. The decision allows the conversion of the 1920s
00:25building into two homes plus four detached houses. Inspectors said benefits to housing supply
00:31outweighed policy conflict. The building firm also lodged a claim for costs, citing unreasonable
00:38procedural behaviour in the council's decision-making, but that part of the appeal was rejected.
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