®Planning appeal decision
Higher Oak Farm, Higher Lane, Lymm, WA13 0RG
Planning appeal 3276261 at Higher Oak Farm, Higher Lane, Lymm, WA13 0RG (Warrington Borough Council) was allowed on 21 April 2022 by Inspector Tweddle J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
A farm manager's dwelling (permanent)
- Authority
- Warrington Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Tweddle J
- Postcode
- WA13 0RG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, including whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The demonstrated essential functional need for a rural worker to be permanently housed on site to protect animal welfare and the viability of the poultry enterprise clearly outweighed the Green Belt harm.
the very substantial weight given to the essential need for a rural worker's dwelling clearly outweighed the substantial harm from inappropriateness and loss of openness in the Green Belt, amounting to very special circumstances
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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