Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed23 February 20243325847

The Junction, Rainford, WA11 7JU

Planning appeal 3325847 at The Junction, Rainford, WA11 7JU (St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 February 2024 by Inspector Moulton E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt.

full planning application for the proposed temporary siting of the marquee and storage containers for five years

Authority
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Moulton E
Postcode
WA11 7JU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
  • 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 harm to Green Belt openness and purposes, combined with harm to character and appearance, was not clearly outweighed by the limited economic and social benefits claimed, so very special circumstances did not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LPA01Policy LPD01
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 152Paragraph 153

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

7 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

  1. Dismissed29 April 20266002435
    3 Catchdale, Moss Lane, St Helens, WA10 5QG
  2. Allowed6 August 20253363687
    Land South of 33 Mill Lane, Bold Heath , St Helens , WA8 3UU
  3. Dismissed27 May 20253356966
    1 Maggotts Nook Road, Rainford, Merseyside, WA11 8PJ
  4. Dismissed26 April 20243326708
    Ace of Hearts Garage, Warrington Road, St Helens, WA8 3XN
  5. Dismissed23 February 20243330801
    Whitewings Farm, Foxs Bank Lane, Knowsley, Cronton, L35 3SS

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.