®Planning appeal decision
Allowed29 January 20263375135
Land North of Bass Lane, Manchester Road, Walmersley, (in the visinity of the Half way House cafe) , Bury , BL9 5NB
- Authority
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hunter A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location, the proposed land use and the amount of development are suitable, having regard to whether the proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, considering the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including where necessary, the effect on openness
- If relevant, 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 appeal site qualifies as grey belt land meeting all four criteria of paragraph 155 of the Framework, which takes precedence over the more restrictive development plan policies.
Framework references: 142, 154, 155, 143, 110, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy JP-G8, Policy OL1/2, Policy JP-C1, Policy JP-C8
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.