Planning News
Leverhulme Estates Inquiry Update September 2023The Leverhulme Estates appeals against the Council’s refusals of their seven planning applications - all for significant sized developments on Green Belt land finished on finished on July 4 Last week we received the good news that the Leverhulme Appeals against the Council’s refusal of their applications have been dismissed by the examiner. The reasons for dismissal are very much in line with those that the Society, as part of the Wirral Green Space Alliance, has been stressing over and over. In particular, Prematurity ie if upheld, the decisions would totally undermine the Local Plan process which was deliberately paused to hear this inquiry. This has been a great Team effort by all those involved and could have great implications not just locally but also much wider. In particular we owe a debt of gratitude to John Heath the WGSA coordinator, Jaquie Copley our Planning Consultant and Peter Black our advocate. While we deserve to celebrate winning this notable battle, the war continues as Leverhulme Estates as part of the Developer Consortium, continue to try to destroy the Council’s draft Local Plan contending that the Local Plan is fundamentally flawed. The Consortium continues to use emotive language to support their case claiming incorrectly that there is an acute housing shortage in Wirral and that the Council cannot demonstrate that there is sufficient housing in the first 5 years of the Local Plan that they can fill by building on the Green Belt. Our Green Belt therefore remains at risk! Leverhulme Estates also have a further Appeal regarding a later outline planning application to build up to 240 dwellings on the Green Belt Land East Of Rigby Drive , Greasby – Greenhouse Farm - ORIGINAL APP NUMBER......OUT/22/01821 / APPEAL REF.......APP/W4325/W/23/3327219 Appeals to the Planning Officer should now be in by the 3rd of October and not the 18th September as originally suggested. The Society will be forwarding an objection as with the previous applications. The appeal is to be heard by government inspector Mr Richard Catchpole on the 5th December at 10am. |
Consultations In September 2017, the Society responded to consultation on the methodology which the Council would use for identifying and categorising future potential building plots in Wirral. This could affect how Green Belt is dealt with in the future. There are other important consultations underway. Wirral Council is consulting on the sites which it proposes to include in its Statutory Register of Brownfield Land and on the Methodology for an initial Green Belt Review. The Society formally wrote to the Council setting its comments on both. Copies can be accessed by clicking on Brownfield and Green Belt respectively. In addition, The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is consulting on the Draft Strategic Housing and Employment Land Market Assessment for Liverpool City Region and West Lancashire (SHELMA). For more information visit http://www.wirral.gov.uk/planning-and-building/local-plans-and-planning-policy/local-plans/core-strategy-local-plan-6. |
Wirral Green Belt Review
Click on Green Belt for up to date information on this live issue, and to find out what action the Heswall Society is taking and how you can help.
Click here to view the following:-
Click on Green Belt for up to date information on this live issue, and to find out what action the Heswall Society is taking and how you can help.
Click here to view the following:-
- The Society's latest revised Briefing Note.
- Summary of Key Points and recommendations.
- Meeting with Alison McGovern MP.
- Report on Wirral Green Spaces Alliance Group meeting.
Planning Applications List
Click Here to see the latest monthly list of planning applications/appeals entered on the Council's Planning Portal. The Society cannot guarantee their completeness or accuracy, and there may have been later changes. Those intending to act on the information shown should verify it for themselves on the Council website.
If you have any comments on any of these applications that you would like to bring to the Society’s attention, in doing so please indicate if you are a member of Heswall Society. The Society will take them into account in preparing any representation that the Society chooses to make. Depending on volume, the Society may not be able to respond to comments received individually.
If you have any comments on any of these applications that you would like to bring to the Society’s attention, in doing so please indicate if you are a member of Heswall Society. The Society will take them into account in preparing any representation that the Society chooses to make. Depending on volume, the Society may not be able to respond to comments received individually.
