®Planning appeal decision
Hallmark Hotel Manchester Airport, Stanley Road, Handforth, SK9 3LD
reconfiguration of existing car park to deliver more efficient layout and extension of car park to south east to provide 178 additional car parking spaces
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Morgan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on openness
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to trees
- whether sufficient information has been provided to assess the effect of the proposal on protected species
- whether the access and parking arrangements would be satisfactory
- 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 it
What decided it
The substantial harm to the Green Belt through loss of openness, combined with harm to character and appearance through tree loss, was not outweighed by the moderate economic benefits, as very special circumstances were not demonstrated.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt and harm to character and appearance were not outweighed by the moderate economic benefits; very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 149, 150, 131
Plan policies cited: Policy PG 3, Policy SE4, Policy SE5, Policy H9, Policy H11, Policy SE 3, Policy CO4, Saved Policy DC6
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.