®Planning appeal decision
The Stables, 67 Thornham Road, Shaw, OL2 7HR
Planning appeal 6009617 at The Stables, 67 Thornham Road, Shaw, OL2 7HR (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 August 2026 by Inspector L C Hughes, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
a single storey rear extension
- Authority
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- L C Hughes
- Postcode
- OL2 7HR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- 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 proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would result in disproportionate additions to the original building, and the appellant's personal circumstances and design quality do not clearly outweigh this substantial harm to justify very special circumstances.
the substantial harm from inappropriateness in the Green Belt was not clearly outweighed by the limited weight afforded to design quality and moderate weight to the appellant's personal circumstances
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy JP-G9 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Document for Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan 2022 – 2039 (2024)Policy 22 of the Oldham Local Development Framework Development Plan Document – Joint Core Strategy and Development Management Policies (2011)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
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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