®Planning appeal decision
Allowed1 July 20243339460
Otterbrook Moss Lane, Churchtown, SOUTHPORT, PR9 8AF
a ‘replacement garage - alternative to 2022/0698/FUL.’
- Authority
- West Lancashire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Clowes M
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
- 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 volume increase of the proposed garage at approximately 22% was well within the SPD guideline of 40%, and the structure would be clearly read as a subordinate extension to the host dwelling, satisfying the exception for extensions under NPPF paragraph 154c.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy GN1, Policy GB4
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