Planning appeal decision
694 Chorley Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire, BL5 3NL
Planning appeal 3346033 at 694 Chorley Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire, BL5 3NL (Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 November 2024 by Inspector Hartley S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether conditions No's 1 and 2 of planning permission ref:17758/24 are reasonable and necessary.
Detached dwellinghouse (continuation of development approved under appeal APP/N4205/A/08/2062347 for change of use of summer house/garden room to dwelling)
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley S
- Postcode
- BL5 3NL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether conditions No's 1 and 2 of planning permission ref:17758/24 are reasonable and necessary
What decided it
The conditions are necessary and justified to protect Green Belt openness and visual amenity, with clear planning policy justification remaining unchanged since the original 2008 appeal decision.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CG7APJP-G9JP-P1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 54Paragraph 56
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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