®Planning appeal decision
Cuerdon Cottage, Cuerdon Drive, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 3JU
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 138, 148, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS5
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.