®Planning appeal decision
Land at Grundy Fold Farm, Chorley Old Road, Bolton, BL6 6QA
erection of a single dwelling with associated works (Plot no. 5)
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not 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 an assessment on the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any 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 significant weight afforded to the previously approved 2014 scheme and the appellants' personal circumstances, taken together, clearly outweighed the moderate harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness, amounting to very special circumstances.
The moderate harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and effect on openness was clearly outweighed by the significant weight given to the previously approved scheme and the appellants' personal circumstances, together with limited weight to housing land supply, such that very special circumstances existed to justify the development.
Framework references: 11, 13, 137, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy CG7AP of the Bolton's Allocations Plan: Local Plan (2014)
Judgments cited: Euro Garages Ltd v SSCLG & Anor [2018] EWHC 1753 (Admin); Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) & Oxton Farm v North Yorkshire CC & Darrington Quarries Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 489; Stringer v Minister of Housing and Local Government [1970] 1 W.L.R. 1281; Brentwood BC v SSE [1996] 72 P&CR 61
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.