®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed23 February 20233306834
100, Column Road, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 1LQ
Tractor/Agricultural machinery storage barn. Greenhouse. Welfare unit
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the character and appearance of the proposals on the Caldy Hill and Stapledon Wood Area of Special Landscape Value
- whether or not the proposals would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Caldy Conservation Area
- the effect on nearby protected habitat sites
- if found to be inappropriate development in 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 harm to the character and appearance of the Area of Special Landscape Value caused by the disproportionate scale, atypical designs, and spread of the proposed buildings outweighed the benefits of the scheme and was not justified by the development plan.
Framework references: 149
Plan policies cited: Policy GB2, Policy LA1, Policy CH2
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