Planning appeal decision
The Menage Mill Hill Road, Wirral, CH61 4XQ
Planning appeal 3361316 at The Menage Mill Hill Road, Wirral, CH61 4XQ (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 1 September 2025 by Inspector Moulton E, 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 Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
single storey extension
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Moulton E
- Postcode
- CH61 4XQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host property and the area
- 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 extension would result in a 50% increase in floorspace, meeting the House Extensions SPG guidance threshold and therefore not constituting a disproportionate addition under Framework paragraph 154(c), whilst causing no harm to character and appearance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy WS1Policy WD5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
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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