®Planning appeal decision
2 Harts Houses , Wilderswood, Horwich, BL6 6SB
a garden shed and associated access steps into reduced level front garden space. Provision of below ground electrical cable from house t o garden room
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Townend K
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
- the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect on the character and appearance of the area, bearing in mind that it would be within the setting of the Wallsuches Conservation Area
- 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 substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and impact on openness, combined with harm to the character and appearance of the area and the setting of the Wallsuches Conservation Area, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist.
Framework references: 137, 148, 149, 206
Plan policies cited: Policy CG7AP, Policy CG3, Bolton's Allocation Plan 2014, Bolton's Core Strategy Development Plan Document 2011
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.