®Planning appeal decision
Land to the rear of 166 Booths Brow Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 0NG
full planning application including reserved matters for the erection of a single storey detached dwelling, seeking approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale
- Authority
- Wigan
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- WN4 0NG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed development on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- whether the proposed development meets statutory biodiversity net gain objectives
- if the development is inappropriate, 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 necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that causes moderate harm to openness and countryside safeguarding, combined with failure to provide the statutory biodiversity metric, and these harms are not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of one additional dwelling and short-term economic gains.
The benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits were outweighed by the substantial harm from inappropriateness in the Green Belt, moderate harm to openness and countryside safeguarding, and the significant harm arising from failure to meet statutory biodiversity net gain information requirements.
Framework references: 11, 142, 143, 153, 154, 155, 73
Plan policies cited: Policy JP-G9, Policy JP-G8
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v SSCLG, Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWVA Civ 195
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.