A RETROSPECTIVE planning application has been submitted to Warrington Borough Council for a change of use of a former Green Belt nursery site for business storage.
The proposal involves the former Broomedge Nursery off Burford Lane, Lymm where currently there are a number of glasshouses and caravans.
Historically, the site was used as a nursery from 1936-37 but after its closure it continued to be used for storage for 20 years.
In 2001 an application to use the site for storage of residential caravans was approved but the following year plans to store towing caravans was refused. In 2014, a plan to build eight detached dwellings and create a wildflower meadow was refused.
The new application seeks retrospectively permission to replace some of the existing glasshouses with metal-clad storage units, replace an existing brick/steel building with four storage units, and increase the area used for caravan storage.
The applicants say the proposals have been carefully designed to respect the style and character of the rural area. There would be no impact on existing landscaping which would remain as existing and the proposals would not require any variation to the existing vehicle access arrangements.
The proposals for the regularisation of the historical change of use of the site for commercial storage purposes would have no greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the existing situation, the applicant maintains.
Borough council planning officers are now considering the proposals.
Pictured below: The access to the site from Burford Lane.
