Border Fisheries, New Bungalow, Waybutt Lane, Chorlton, CW2 5QA

Planning appeal 3264430 at Border Fisheries, New Bungalow, Waybutt Lane, Chorlton, CW2 5QA (Cheshire East) was allowed on 19 July 2021 by Inspector Savage K, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the disputed condition is reasonable and necessary, having regard to local and national planning policy concerning the Green Belt, provision of dwellings in the countryside and the rural economy.

change of use from welfare facilities for members to domestic for maintenance/security staff family’ without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 19/1532N, dated 5 July 2019

Authority: Cheshire East
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Savage K
Postcode: CW2 5QA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the disputed condition is reasonable and necessary, having regard to local and national planning policy concerning the Green Belt, provision of dwellings in the countryside and the rural economy

What decided it

The Council provided no firm evidence that severing the dwelling's link to the fishery business would jeopardise the business's viability or harm the rural economy, rendering the occupancy condition unnecessary.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy PG3Saved Policy NE.1Saved Policy NE.16Policy PG6Policy H1Policy EG2
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 146Paragraph 79Paragraph 55
Judgments: Finney v Welsh Ministers & Others (2019) EWCA Civ 1868; Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council [2012] UKSC 13

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