®Planning appeal decision
10 Castlefields Estate, Leasowe, Wirral, CH46 3RL
Planning appeal 3269352 at 10 Castlefields Estate, Leasowe, Wirral, CH46 3RL (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 June 2021 by Inspector McGlone A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
A previous planning with approval - ref : APP/97/05721 - for a two bedroom bungalow was made on 9th May 1997 for a bungalow. New application for a single 3 bedroom dwelling on empty site
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- McGlone A
- Postcode
- CH46 3RL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on openness
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no fallback position or very special circumstances to justify it, as the site contains no existing dwelling capable of replacement and the modest benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt.
the modest benefits of housing supply, mix, and land recycling did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm from inappropriateness and moderate harm to openness
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2Policy GB4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 145Paragraph 144Paragraph 143
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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