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Invalid11 March 20263367247

Spring Lane Nurseries, Spring Lane, Croft, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 7AS

Planning appeal 3367247 at Spring Lane Nurseries, Spring Lane, Croft, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 7AS (Warrington Borough Council) was decided (invalid) on 11 March 2026 by Inspector Rose D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the planning application and the subsequent appeal is invalid.

Change of use of land to use as residential caravan site for 5 gypsy/traveller families, each with two caravans including no more than one static caravan/mobile home, together with the laying of hardstanding and erection of communal amenity building

Authority
Warrington Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Rose D
Postcode
WA3 7AS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the planning application and the subsequent appeal is invalid

What decided it

The absence of an accurate pre-degradation Biodiversity Net Gain baseline, which could not be substituted by a condition, rendered the underlying planning application invalid and therefore deprived the Secretary of State of jurisdiction to determine the appeal.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Maximus Networks Ltd and SSCLG and Southwark London Borough Council and (2) London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

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