®Planning appeal decision
Storage Buildings, Shepherds Drive, Bolton, BL6 6PU
Planning appeal 3294455 at Storage Buildings, Shepherds Drive, Bolton, BL6 6PU (Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 July 2022 by Inspector Wilson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy, including an assessment of the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.
demolition of existing storage buildings with replacement dwelling
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson L
- Postcode
- BL6 6PU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy, including an assessment of the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether or not it has been demonstrated that the site would provide a suitable site for development having regard to land contamination
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm, by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations and whether this would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would result in inappropriate development in the Green Belt with a moderate loss to openness, and the limited benefits of a single dwelling do not clearly outweigh this harm or the deficiency in contamination information, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and moderate loss to openness, together with insufficient contamination information, was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of housing supply and social and economic benefits, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply due to the clear reason for refusal provided by Green Belt protection.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CG7AP of the Bolton's Allocation Plan (2014)Policy CG4 of the Bolton's Core Strategy Development Plan Document (2011)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 137Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 183Paragraph 184
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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