®Planning appeal decision
Hill Top Farm, Healds Green, Chadderton, Oldham, OL1 2SB
Planning appeal 3316314 at Hill Top Farm, Healds Green, Chadderton, Oldham, OL1 2SB (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 October 2023 by Inspector Berry A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.
Erection of an indoor manege (35m by 25m, pitched roof 6.8m height) at an existing equestrian centre and riding school
- Authority
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Berry A
- Postcode
- OL1 2SB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- if the development is inappropriate, 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
What decided it
The substantial weight given to the harm to Green Belt openness and the encroachment into countryside was not clearly outweighed by the limited and unsubstantiated benefits claimed for the business and its users.
The substantial weight attributed to Green Belt harm was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of the proposed development, therefore very special circumstances do not exist to justify the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 22 of the Oldham Local Development Framework Development Plan Document – Joint Core Strategy and Development Management Policies
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 138
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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