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Dismissed24 October 20243333428

Reeve Cottage, Vicarage Lane, Westhead, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 6HG

Planning appeal 3333428 at Reeve Cottage, Vicarage Lane, Westhead, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 6HG (West Lancashire District Council) was dismissed on 24 October 2024 by Inspector Chukwujekwu I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework and development plan policy.

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Authority
West Lancashire District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Chukwujekwu I
Postcode
L40 6HG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework and development plan policy
  • The effect of the proposed development on openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposed development upon the living conditions of occupiers of Reeve Cottage with particular regard to outlook, privacy and outdoor amenity space
  • If the development is inappropriate, is the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, clearly outweighed by other considerations. If so, does this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The substantial weight attached to the harm to Green Belt openness and the material harm to neighbouring living conditions were not clearly outweighed by the limited socioeconomic and environmental benefits, meaning very special circumstances did not exist to justify the inappropriate development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GB3Policy GN3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 142Paragraph 154Paragraph 152

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