21 Greenmount Drive, Greenmount, BURY, BL8 4HA

the residential development of two detached dwellings

Authority: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Caine M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to outlook

What decided it

The substantial and wide-ranging harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by introducing built form into an open, spacious backland location significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited housing benefits of a two-dwelling scheme in an area unable to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.

The substantial harm to character and appearance, assessed as contrary to design aims of the Framework, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited economic, social and environmental benefits of a small-scale two-dwelling development and minimal contribution to housing supply, such that the proposal was not sustainable development.

Framework references: 11, 130

Plan policies cited: Saved Policy EN1, Saved Policy EN1/2, Saved Policy H2/1, Saved Policy H2/2, Saved Policy H2/6, Saved Policy H2

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