®Planning appeal decision
Land By Ripponden Road, Delph, Littleborough, OL3 5UN
the use of land for siting of a shipping container café
- Authority
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Symmons J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect on openness and purpose
- the development's effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- if the development is found to be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes, combined with harm to character and appearance, is not clearly outweighed by the limited to moderate benefits of the development, and therefore the very special circumstances required to justify inappropriate development in the Green Belt have not been demonstrated.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 143, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy G/D/2, Policy JP-G9, Policy DM1, Policy P2, Policy P3, Policy JP-P1, Policy JP-G1, Policy JP-G5, Policy SO1, Policy E2, Policy E5, Policy E6, Policy RE/5, Policy G6, Policy RE/7, Policy BE/2
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.