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Allowed18 October 20243343250

Land Off Golf Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M33 2JT, M33 2JT

Planning appeal 3343250 at Land Off Golf Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M33 2JT, M33 2JT (Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 18 October 2024 by Inspector McGlone A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of including the land in the Green Belt.

a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) including ancillary works and access arrangements

Authority
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector
McGlone A
Postcode
M33 2JT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of including the land in the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposal on the Mersey Valley landscape
  • Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The secured grid connection and absence of any suitable alternative site outside the Green Belt near the required South Manchester substation meant the other considerations clearly outweighed the identified Green Belt and landscape harm, establishing very special circumstances.

The substantial Green Belt harm and moderate landscape and residential amenity harm were clearly outweighed by the very substantial weight given to the proposal's deliverability and secured grid connection, together with moderate biodiversity net gain benefits and modest economic benefits, so that very special circumstances existed and the appeal was allowed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy R4CS Policy R4.2Policy JP-G10CS Policy L7.1CS Policy R2PfE Policy JP-G1CS Policy L7.3CS Policy L7PfE Policy JP-P1PfE Policy JP-G9
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 180

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