The Longcroft Stables, Ridley Lane, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 2RF

the erection of an outbuilding within the curtilage of the residential dwelling to provide a garage, storage and ancillary office for homeworking

Authority: Chorley Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Rafferty C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework
The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
If found to be inappropriate development, whether the harm, by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal would have a greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than existing development and therefore fails to meet the exception at paragraph 149(g), constituting inappropriate development for which no very special circumstances have been demonstrated.

Framework references: 149

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