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Dismissed1 April 20223274013

Land off Newcastle Road, Hough, CW2 5JQ

Planning appeal 3274013 at Land off Newcastle Road, Hough, CW2 5JQ (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 1 April 2022 by Inspector Wraight G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location and the proposed land use.

Stage 1 Permission in Principle for the erection of up to 5 no. self and custom-build dwellings

Authority
Cheshire East
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Wraight G
Postcode
CW2 5JQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location and the proposed land use

What decided it

The significant harm to character and appearance caused by extending the settlement into open countryside and eroding the defined green gap, combined with the failure to accord with development plan policies restricting countryside development, outweighs the limited benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision.

The benefits of five new dwellings and self-build and custom-build housing, which carry only limited weight, do not outweigh the significant harm to character and appearance and the conflict with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PG 6 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017Policy H1 of the Wybunbury Combined Parishes Neighbourhood Plan 2010-2030Policy GG1 of the Wybunbury Combined Parishes Neighbourhood Plan 2010-2030Policy SD 1 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017Policy SD 2 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017Policy CO 1 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017Policy TRAN.3 of the Crewe and Nantwich Replacement Local Plan 2005Policy E5 of the Wybunbury Combined Parishes Neighbourhood Plan 2010-2030Policy SC 6 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 62Paragraph 65Paragraph 174

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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