®Planning appeal decision
8 Birchbrook Road, Lymm, Warrington, WA13 9RX
Planning appeal 3345424 at 8 Birchbrook Road, Lymm, Warrington, WA13 9RX (Warrington Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 January 2025 by Inspector Smith J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any development plan policies.
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
- Postcode
- WA13 9RX
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1 of the Warrington Local Plan 2023
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 153Paragraph 56
- Judgments
- Wood v SSCLG, 2015
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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