®Planning appeal decision
Land adj Tophouse Farm, Thingwall Road East, Thingwall, CH61 3UZ
the erection of 9no. three storey affordable dwellings and one disabled bungalow with associated access, car parking and landscaping works at Top House Farm, Thingwall Road East, Thingwall
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- McGlone A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on openness and the purposes of including the land within the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed dwellings on plots 1 to 5 on protected trees and whether future occupiers of these plots would have satisfactory internal and external living conditions having regard to the protected trees
- whether the proposal makes adequate provision to secure the delivery of affordable housing
- 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 that would result in significant harm to protected trees and future occupiers' living conditions, and these harms are not clearly outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery and affordable housing provision.
the benefits of housing delivery and affordable housing provision do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm from inappropriate Green Belt development and significant harm to protected trees and living conditions
Framework references: 149, 138, 131, 130, 148, 57
Plan policies cited: saved UDP Policy GB2, saved UDP Policy GB6, saved UDP Policy URN1, saved UDP Policy G7, saved UDP Policy GRE1, saved UDP Policy HS4, saved UDP Policy HSG2, saved UDP Policy HS6
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.