®Planning appeal decision
8 Birchbrook Road, Lymm, Warrington, WA13 9RX
two new residential dwellings within the curtilage of an existing dwelling including associated works
- Authority
- Warrington Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any development plan policies
- the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- if inappropriate, 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 site comprises a residential garden bordering open agricultural land and would not constitute limited infilling or development on previously developed land, making it inappropriate development in the Green Belt with harm to openness that is not clearly outweighed by the limited housing and environmental benefits.
The limited benefits of two additional dwellings and environmental sensitivity do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness.
Framework references: 154, 155, 153, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1 of the Warrington Local Plan 2023
Judgments cited: Wood v SSCLG, 2015
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.