®Planning appeal decision
Existing Storage Unit South of Knutsford Road, Mobberley, WA16 7BN
Planning appeal 3268801 at Existing Storage Unit South of Knutsford Road, Mobberley, WA16 7BN (Cheshire East) was allowed on 9 July 2021 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and the relevant development plan policy.
new cladding to an existing storage unit
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- WA16 7BN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and the relevant development plan policy
- the effect of the proposed alterations on the character and appearance of the locality and the adjacent Mobberley Conservation Area
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The cladding would result in only imperceptible additions to the building's size, falling within the NPPF paragraph 145(c) exception for building alterations in the Green Belt, and the timber materials would preserve the character and appearance of the conservation area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG3 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030Policy SD2 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030saved Policy GC1 of the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan [2004]
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 145Paragraph 55
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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