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Dismissed1 July 20213269320

Stocks Hall Health Club & Spa, Hall Lane, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, L40 2QZ

Planning appeal 3269320 at Stocks Hall Health Club & Spa, Hall Lane, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, L40 2QZ (Chorley Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 July 2021 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the Green Belt.

the change of use of building compound for the siting of six residential lodges, to be used in connection with Stocks Hall Nursing Home and Health Club

Authority
Chorley Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector
Hitchcock R
Postcode
L40 2QZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on the Green Belt
  • whether any harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The considerable harm to Green Belt openness and conflict with the purpose of safeguarding the countryside from encroachment was not clearly outweighed by the asserted need for visitor accommodation and care home viability, such that very special circumstances did not exist.

The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and considerable erosion of openness was not outweighed by the moderate weight attributed to need for visitor accommodation and care home management benefits, and very special circumstances were not established.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 146

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