Green belt bungalow rejected

PLANNERS have again thrown out proposals to develop a small piece of land on the edge of the Green Belt at Lymm.
The borough council’s development management committee rejected the plan to build a bungalow off Longbutt Lane, at its junction with Grammar School Road, after visiting the site.
Over a period of some 40 years there have been five previous planning applications for the site, all over which have been turned down
The most recent, two years ago, was for three affordable dwellings and went to an appeal before being finally refused. Other previous schemes have involved two retail units and a detached house with garage.
In recent years, the site has lain unused but at one time horses were grazed on it
Nineteen nearby residents had lodged objections, along with Lymm Parish Council and local borough councillor Sheila Woodyatt.
She said: “The site is totally unsuitable for development. It is a locally very sensitive site and any development would compromise the openness of the adjacent, very precious green belt.
“Longbutt Lane is a substandard highway and not suitable for additional traffic.”
The parish council say the development would have an adverse impact on a safe route to local schools.
The borough council’s nature conservation officer says no ecological assessment has been provided. A brook runs alongside the site where protected water voles might be present.