Branch Road Farm Branch Road, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 0AB

re-construction of a partially demolished barn to 1 no. 4 bedroom dwelling, replacement single storey rear extension and erection of detached double garage - Resubmission of 21/00942/FUL (revised scheme to application number 24/00111/FUL)

Authority: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Duff N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development constitutes inappropriate development within the Green Belt
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 proposed detached garage, being modest in size and single-storey, would be subservient to the substantial barn conversion and would not result in a disproportionate addition, thereby falling within the Green Belt exception at paragraph 154(c) of the Framework.

Framework references: 143, 154

Plan policies cited: Policy G4, Policy JP-G9, Policy JP-P2

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