No 4 The Promenade, Adjacent to Toad Hall, Ainsdale Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2QB

Planning appeal 3344748 at No 4 The Promenade, Adjacent to Toad Hall, Ainsdale Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2QB (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 13 September 2024 by Inspector Brook S, 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 including, where appropriate, its effect on openness.

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Authority: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Brook S
Postcode: PR8 2QB

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 including, where appropriate, its effect on openness
If the development is inappropriate, whether any 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 qualifies for exception (b) of NPPF paragraph 154 as appropriate facilities for outdoor sport and recreation, and would adequately preserve the openness of the Green Belt given the site's existing containment by surrounding built form.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy MN7
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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