Planning appeal decision
3 Lunt Road, Liverpool, L29 7WB
Planning appeal 3337988 at 3 Lunt Road, Liverpool, L29 7WB (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 July 2024 by Inspector Clowes M, 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.
the erection of a dormer extension with a balcony to the rear of the dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Clowes M
- Postcode
- L29 7WB
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
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area, including the Lunt Village Conservation Area
- Whether the 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 be inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and less than substantial but important harm to the conservation area's character, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justify approval.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy MN7Policy HC4Policy NH9Policy NH12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 205Paragraph 206Paragraph 208
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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