®Planning appeal decision
The Menage Mill Hill Road, Wirral, CH61 4XQ
Planning appeal 3329788 at The Menage Mill Hill Road, Wirral, CH61 4XQ (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 1 March 2024 by Inspector Greenwood L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including an assessment of its effect on the openness of the Green Belt.
demolition of existing stable buildings, removal of outdoor riding arena and the erection of one detached dwelling with associated parking and landscaping (revised scheme of planning application APP/19/01591) without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref APP/20/00576, dated 2 September 2020
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Greenwood L
- Postcode
- CH61 4XQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including an assessment of its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- If it is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, amounting to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The fallback position that most of the additions could be rebuilt as permitted development after demolition, which would potentially have a significantly greater impact on the Green Belt than the current proposal, constitutes very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm to openness.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2 of the Wirral Unitary Development Plan 2000Policy WP8.1 of the emerging Wirral Local Plan 2021-2037
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 142Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 164
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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