®Planning appeal decision
Hawthorn Cottage, Harvey Road, CONGLETON, CW12 2PS
outline planning permission for 35no. residential dwellings (including all dwellings 100% affordable housing), vehicle access from Gordale Close, open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure. Hawthorn Cottage to be retained
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wraight G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- The effect on trees, woodland and ecological interests
- The effect on the character and appearance of the Macclesfield Canal Conservation Area (CA)
- If the proposal is inappropriate development would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The other considerations, taken individually and collectively, did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt, so very special circumstances were not established.
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes, together with other identified harms, was not clearly outweighed by the moderate and limited weight benefits (affordable housing, ecological and economic benefits), so the balance tipped against the proposal.
Framework references: 149, 138, 147, 148, 201, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy PG 3, Saved Policy PS7, Policy SE 3, Policy SE 5, Saved Policy NR3, Saved Policy NR4, Policy SD 1, Policy SD 2, Policy SE 1, Policy SE 7, Policy SC 6, Policy ENV 2
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.