®Planning appeal decision
Weir Mill, Manchester Road, Mossley, Ashton-under Lyne, Tameside, OL5 9QA
retrospective application for the change of use of land from existing yard to the use of land for self-storage containers
- Authority
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Johnson W
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the development on openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the appeal site and surrounding area
- if the development is inappropriate development, whether harm 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 significant number of local businesses served by the self-storage facility, considered individually and cumulatively with other benefits and the physical characteristics of the site, clearly outweighed the substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the inappropriateness of the development.
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness of development was outweighed by the benefits of the scheme, particularly the significant number of local businesses served by the facility, establishing very special circumstances to justify the development in the Green Belt.
Framework references: 137, 148, 149, 150, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy OL1, Policy OL2
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