Case Study
Standish Cricket Club
Standish Cricket Club: Green Belt Planning Objection
Development Type: Residential Developer
Status: Planning Application
LPA: Wigan Council
County: Greater Manchester
Designation: Green Belt
- A residential developer proposed 5 new dwellings on land owned and used by Standish cricket club.
- We were approached by an objector to provide a planning statement outlining why the development should not be supported or approved by the local authority.
- We attended a site visit and reviewed the planning application submitted and identified information that should be (but had not been) provided by the applicant and planning policies that should be considered in the proposed designs;
- We were appointed to make the council aware of information that we had identified from our review and to formally document the impact of the proposed development on the existing neighbours amenity and other factors weighing against the development;
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Results
- Provided a written statement for the objections to comment on the proposed development from a planning principle and policy perspective.
- Produced and submitted a planning statement making the council aware of important information that was lacking in the submitted application documents that could prevent the planning officer from making an informed decision.
- Requested the drawings be updated by the applicant containing clear indication of finished ground levels.
- Requested that evidence be provided by the applicant that the proposed development is in the best interest of the existing crickets club, its members and is the best use of green open space currently available for community use which would be necessary to support its formal change of use.