®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Unit 12A Lyon Road Industrial Estate, Kearsley, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL4 8NB
the erection of a 5 No. timber stable block with a service area including car parking, a menage and a hard standing for the storage of waste material (manure) awaiting collection and spreading. The majority of the land to the east is to be maintained as grazing and exercise land for the ponies. The wooded area to the north and west is to be retained as a buffer screen to the development
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Major retail and services
- Inspector
- McDonagh C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- If the development is inappropriate development, 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 necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and conflict with the purposes of the Green Belt designation was not clearly outweighed by the limited weight attributable to the other considerations advanced.
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and conflict with Green Belt purposes outweighed the limited benefits of site refurbishment and other considerations, such that very special circumstances were not demonstrated.
Framework references: 138, 147, 148, 149, 151
Plan policies cited: Policy CG7AP
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