®Planning appeal decision
Pear Tree Farm Barn, Well Lane, Lower Stretton, Warrington, WA4 4PA
Planning appeal 3319286 at Pear Tree Farm Barn, Well Lane, Lower Stretton, Warrington, WA4 4PA (Warrington Borough Council) was dismissed on 18 March 2024 by Inspector Griffin E, 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 Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Material change of use of land to domestic garden area with associated timber posts and rail fence, laurel hedge, timber boarders, timber gate, stone paving and domestic paraphernalia
- Authority
- Warrington Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Griffin E
- Postcode
- WA4 4PA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the 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 development
What decided it
The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to preserve openness, and the limited weight given to family safety circumstances does not clearly outweigh the substantial weight attributed to Green Belt harm and harm to character and appearance.
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm and harm to character and appearance was not clearly outweighed by the limited weight attributed to family safety circumstances, so very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DC1Policy GB1Policy DC6Policy ENV8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 155Paragraph 155(e)
- Judgments
- Murfitt v SSE & East Cambridgeshire DC [1980] JPL 598
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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