®Planning appeal decision
Land North of 659 Radcliffe Road, Bolton, BL3 1AN
Planning appeal 3328477 at Land North of 659 Radcliffe Road, Bolton, BL3 1AN (Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 29 April 2024 by Inspector Dean S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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 erection of 112 No. residential dwellings with associated works
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Dean S
- Postcode
- BL3 1AN
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 proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- 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 site comprises previously developed land within the Green Belt, and the redevelopment would not result in a greater impact on openness or the purposes of the Green Belt than the existing development, therefore the proposal is not inappropriate development.
The delivery of housing in an area of poor supply and the regeneration of a previously developed site with difficult ground conditions weighed in favour of the proposal, and as the proposal was not inappropriate development in the Green Belt, no balancing exercise against very special circumstances was required.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CG7AP of Bolton's Allocations Plan 2014
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
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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