®Planning appeal decision
60 Mottram Moor, Hollingworth, Tamside, SK14 8LZ
Planning appeal 3360410 at 60 Mottram Moor, Hollingworth, Tamside, SK14 8LZ (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 July 2025 by Inspector Wraight G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
a retirement cottage
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wraight G
- Postcode
- SK14 8LZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of 56 Mottram Moor, with particular regard to outlook
- 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 proposal fails to constitute limited infilling in a village and would cause moderate harm to Green Belt openness, which is not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, so very special circumstances do not exist.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and moderate harm to openness were not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight afforded to the appellants' retirement needs, housing supply contribution, sustainable location, and biodiversity potential, and the limited weight afforded to other considerations, so the balance did not justify approval.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy JP-G9 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Document 2024Policy H10 of the Unitary Development Plan 2004
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 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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