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Notice upheld25 November 20223295666

Land on the North Side of Chatterton Lane, Mellor, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 5PJ

Planning appeal 3295666 at Land on the North Side of Chatterton Lane, Mellor, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 5PJ (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 November 2022 by Inspector Wharton T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the original building use constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy.

as follows: The construction of a wooden building on the land

Authority
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Wharton T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the original building use constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy
  • the effect of the building on the openness of the Green Belt
  • the effect on the character and appearance of this part of the LMLCA
  • if the building does represent inappropriate development, 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 within the Green Belt

What decided it

The building constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt by reason of its original educational nursery use, and the harm by reason of inappropriateness, harm to openness, and effect on landscape character is not outweighed by other considerations.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SIE-3Saved UDP Policy GBA1.2Saved UDP Policy LCR1.1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 149

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