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Land To The West Of The Billy Goat Public House, Stamford Street, Mossley, OL5 0JS
Planning appeal 3352897 at Land To The West Of The Billy Goat Public House, Stamford Street, Mossley, OL5 0JS (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 April 2025 by Inspector Hughes L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
conversion and extension of stables to dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
- Postcode
- OL5 0JS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- 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 harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to its visual openness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefit of providing a bungalow and limited benefits of re-use and construction activity, so very special circumstances did not exist.
the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to visual openness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight given to bungalow provision and limited weight given to re-use of buildings and construction benefits
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy JP-G9 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Document (PfE)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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