508 Leasowe Road, Leasowe, Wirral, CH46 2RQ

Planning appeal 3365149 at 508 Leasowe Road, Leasowe, Wirral, CH46 2RQ (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 9 October 2025 by Inspector Brook S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location, the proposed land use and the amount of development is suitable, having regard to local and national flood risk policy.

Erection of one dwelling

Authority: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Brook S
Postcode: CH46 2RQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the location, the proposed land use and the amount of development is suitable, having regard to local and national flood risk policy
Whether the proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, considering the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the proposal on the openness of 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 failure to demonstrate that the sequential test for flood risk has been passed, combined with the proposal constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt without very special circumstances to justify it, means the appeal conflicts with the development plan and must be dismissed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: WS1WD4WS6WS7
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 173Paragraph 174Paragraph 175

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