®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed28 November 20253367063
Little BlueStone Cottage Blue Stone Lane, Mawdesley, ORMSKIRK, Lancashire, L40 2RH
a householder application for a side extension, replacement porch, boundary wall and alterations to the fenestration
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Lancaster K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
- if it is inappropriate development, whether the 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 necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposed extensions, when combined with previous substantial extensions from the 1970s, would constitute a disproportionate addition to the original building and inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
Framework references: 142, 149, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy HS5
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.