®Planning appeal decision
Kings Park Christian Centre, Leigh Road, Leigh , WN7 1UB
erection of a two storey sixty six bedroom residential care home (Use Class C2) with associated access, parking, landscaping and ancillary facilities following demolition of existing building
- Authority
- Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Manchester S
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 (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness 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 harm from inappropriate development and loss of openness in the Green Belt was not clearly outweighed by the cumulatively moderate benefits, so very special circumstances were not demonstrated.
the substantial harm to the Green Belt through inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by the cumulatively moderate weight of the housing, care, economic and environmental benefits, so the appeal was dismissed
Framework references: 152, 154
Plan policies cited: PfE policy JP-G9
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