Besom Hill End Farm, 817 Ripponden Road, Oldham, OL4 2LA

Planning appeal 3329244 at Besom Hill End Farm, 817 Ripponden Road, Oldham, OL4 2LA (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 May 2024 by Inspector Townend K, 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 and the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.

temporary change of use of land for the storage of demolition equipment and engineering works

Authority: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Townend K
Postcode: OL4 2LA

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 and the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
The effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to the position of the access and the bus stop
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 proposal would cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt through both visual and spatial impacts that would not be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and very special circumstances do not exist to justify the inappropriate development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 22Policy 9Policy 20Policy 5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 155

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