®Planning appeal decision
Five Acres, PRESTOLEE ROAD, STONECLOUGH RADCLIFFE, , BOLTON, M26 1FJ
‘Siting of a residential cabin and 6 no. dog kennels for the purposes of a specialist dog training business for a temporary period of three years.’
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Martinson P
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, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- 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 required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The very special circumstances arising from the essential need for a rural location to safely train and house explosive detection dogs, combined with the modest harm to openness and negligible character impact, clearly outweighed the inappropriateness of the development in the Green Belt.
Framework references: 147, 149, 150, 170
Plan policies cited: Policy CG7AP, Policy CGA7, Policy CG3, Policy OA6
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.