®Planning appeal decision
Christmas House, The Avenue, Warrington, WA13 0SU
‘Proposed Single Storey Side and Rear Extension to create an attached garage including alterations for a home office, bedroom and leisure suite. ’
- Authority
- Warrington Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- McDonagh C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the green belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm to the green belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposed developments
What decided it
The disproportionate scale of the extension, exceeding the 33% threshold by a significant margin, combined with harm to Green Belt openness, could not be justified by the moderate benefits claimed, as these did not amount to the very special circumstances required.
Framework references: 142, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1 of the Warrington Local Plan 2021/22 – 2038/39
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.