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Cuerdon Cottage, Cuerdon Drive, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 3JU
Planning appeal 3310817 at Cuerdon Cottage, Cuerdon Drive, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 3JU (Warrington Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 July 2023 by Inspector Brook S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether 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, where appropriate, its effect on openness.
Proposed retention of replacement conservatory with brick structure, retention of extension and change of use of domestic outbuilding to a single dwelling
- Authority
- Warrington Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Brook S
- Postcode
- WA4 3JU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether 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, where appropriate, its effect on openness
- If the development is inappropriate, 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 extension comprising Bedroom 4 and the canopy structure together represent a disproportionate addition to the original building that would not preserve the openness of the Green Belt, making the development inappropriate in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefit of providing an additional dwelling in an area with no five-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS1Policy CS5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 138Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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