Residents fail in battle to block farm office plan

NEARBY residents have failed in a bid to block proposals for a single-storey office building at Diggle Green Farm, in Wilton Lane, Culcheth.
Borough planning chiefs gave the scheme their seal of approval after deciding the scheme represented a planning gain.
The new building will contain an office, manager’s room, storage area, kitchen and toilets and will replace existing temporary buildings.
Five letters of objections were received from neighbours who claimed the development would be unacceptable in the Green Belt and would industrialise a rural area.
They said there were existing problems caused by large, articulated vehicles visiting the site via narrow roads importing waste to the site.
Residents had “had enough” they said.
But planning officers said the new building would not result in an increase in the amount of waste composted on the site. It would simply replace existing, poorer quality temporary buildings.
The new building would be small compared to existing farm buildings on the site so the impact on the appearance of the site would be minor.