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Dismissed2 September 20213273877

Land at Birchinley Manor, Off Wildhouse Lane, Milnrow, OL16 3TW

Planning appeal 3273877 at Land at Birchinley Manor, Off Wildhouse Lane, Milnrow, OL16 3TW (Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 September 2021 by Inspector Cooper P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the livery would be an inappropriate use in the Green Belt.

erection of stable block and formation of new access track without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 19/00565/FUL, dated 19 February 2020

Authority
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector
Cooper P
Postcode
OL16 3TW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the livery would be an inappropriate use in the Green Belt

What decided it

The livery use would be a commercial venture no longer connected to the existing use of Birchinley Manor and would therefore constitute an inappropriate use in the Green Belt for which no very special circumstances were demonstrated.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy P3Policy G4Policy DM1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 56Paragraph 149

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