®Planning appeal decision
Alsager Court Care Centre, Sandbach Road North, Church Lawton, STOKE-ON-TRENT, Cheshire, ST7 3RG
demolition of an existing care home and the erection of thirteen dwellings and access drive
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Taylor K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site forms a suitable location for residential development having regard to national and local Planning Policies
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to design and layout
- whether the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing and other infrastructure contributions
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan as a whole on three independent grounds—unsustainable location, poor design and layout, and inadequate affordable housing and infrastructure contributions—and no material considerations outweigh this conflict.
The modest benefits of housing delivery, economic benefits and site regeneration were outweighed by the substantial harm arising from the unsustainable location, poor design and layout, and failure to provide adequate affordable housing and infrastructure contributions.
Framework references: 48, 57, 58, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy SD1, Policy SD2, Policy SE1, Policy SC5, Policy IN1, Policy IN2, Policy SC2, Policy SE6, Saved Policy GR15
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.