®Planning appeal decision
The Menage Mill Hill Road, WIRRAL, CH61 4XQ
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
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.
Framework references: 8, 142, 152, 153, 154, 164
Plan policies cited: Policy GB2 of the Wirral Unitary Development Plan 2000, Policy WP8.1 of the emerging Wirral Local Plan 2021-2037
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.