A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build five houses on a 0.14 hectare piece of farmland off Warrington Road, Glazebury has been thrown out by planning chiefs.
The scheme, submitted by Oaktree Construction, would have partly involved Green Belt land and its design, scale and layout would have been out of character with the local area, planners decided.
In addition, the proposals did not respect the living conditions of existing residents and could result in the loss of trees.
There was also insufficient information about the amount of internal space that would be provided in the dwellings.
A number of local residents objected to the scheme – which involved two pairs of semi-detached houses and one detached house with an access drive and gated entrance– and it was also opposed by Culcheth and Glazebury Parish Council.
One house would have been within 30 metres of Chat Moss Bridge.
The applicants claimed the site is in an area identified for housing growth. Although in an area that could be affected by underground coal mining, it had not been worked since 1989 so it was considered that any ground movement arising from mining should now have stopped.
The application has been rejected by Warrington Borough Council planners.
