Little BlueStone Cottage Blue Stone Lane, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 2RH

Planning appeal 3367063 at Little BlueStone Cottage Blue Stone Lane, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 2RH (Chorley Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 November 2025 by Inspector Lancaster K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.

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
Postcode: L40 2RH

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy HS5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 142Paragraph 149Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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