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

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.

Framework references: 149

Plan policies cited: Policy SIE-3, Saved UDP Policy GBA1.2, Saved UDP Policy LCR1.1

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