Summit Cottage Summit Close, Lower Stretton, WARRINGTON, WA4 4NN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• Whether the development 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 development on the openness of the Green Belt
• The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
• 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 substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, combined with limited harm to openness and character and appearance, was not clearly outweighed by the appellants' security needs or fallback position arguments.