Seafield, 25 Castlefields, Leasowe, Merseyside, CH46 3RL

Planning appeal 3291676 at Seafield, 25 Castlefields, Leasowe, Merseyside, CH46 3RL (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 May 2022 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and the relevant development plan policy.

‘It is proposed that the existing three buildings (as shown on the existing site plan provided) be taken down and a new detached dwelling be erected for use by a single family’

Authority: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Hitchcock R
Postcode: CH46 3RL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and the relevant development plan policy
if the development is inappropriate, 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 proposal would cause material harm to the spatial and visual openness of the Green Belt through substantially greater height and massing, and the fallback position and other considerations presented did not amount to very special circumstances sufficient to justify the inappropriate development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: GB2GB4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 149Paragraph 38

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