Green Belt homes plan given the go-ahead

A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build 14 “park homes” on a former garden centre site in the Green Belt has been given the go-ahead by Warrington planners.
The scheme involves the former Willow Pool Nursery site in Burford Lane, Lymm which has stood empty for several years.
The borough’s development management committee approved the scheme, despite opposition from nearby residents, Lymm Parish Council and borough councillors Sheila Woodyatt and Bob Barr.
The three bedroomed “park homes” are intended for people aged over 55 and are of timber construction.
Cllr Woodyatt said: “What we need in Lymm is affordable homes – not homes for people aged over 55.
“The immediate neighbours objected to the scheme and so did the local councillors and the parish council.
“But it went through, after officers recommended it for approval. We were not happy about it.”
The scheme involves restoring a former wildflower meadow previously used for overflow parking by the garden centre.
Objectors claimed a nearby kennels creates a noise problem that will affect residents of the new properties.
They said the development would do little for the local economic, environmental or social environment.
And they pointed out that a previous application for housing on the site had been refused and then lost on appeal – clear evidence that it was an inappropriate development in the Green Belt.