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Dismissed10 July 20266006642

Land Adjoining Plane Trees Farm, Bradley Fold Road, Ainsworth, BL2 5QR

Planning appeal 6006642 at Land Adjoining Plane Trees Farm, Bradley Fold Road, Ainsworth, BL2 5QR (Bury Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 July 2026 by Inspector E Heron, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt with regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

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Authority
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
leisure-sport
Inspector
E Heron
Postcode
BL2 5QR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt with regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the development on highway safety
  • whether harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm is outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The development's failure to preserve Green Belt openness, combined with harm to character and appearance and highway safety concerns, could not be outweighed by modest benefits, and very special circumstances did not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy OL1/2Policy OL4/7Policy JP-G9Policy JP-G1Policy EN1/2Policy JP-C8Policy JP-C5Policy JP-S4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 154Paragraph 116

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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