®Planning appeal decision
4 Hatton Lane, Hatton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4BY
Planning appeal 3360750 at 4 Hatton Lane, Hatton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4BY (Warrington Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 May 2025 by Inspector Wraight G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed extension would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Two storey side extension
- Authority
- Warrington Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Wraight G
- Postcode
- WA4 4BY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed extension 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 of the Green Belt
- Whether 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 development
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing moderate harm to openness, and the moderate weight afforded to other considerations does not clearly outweigh this harm, so very special circumstances do not exist.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and moderate harm to openness was not clearly outweighed by moderate weight benefits from efficient use of land and visual consistency with nearby extensions, so very special circumstances were not established.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1 of the Warrington Local Plan 2023
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 154cParagraph 154gParagraph 155Paragraph 155bParagraph 153
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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