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Dismissed21 October 20213277367

Land off Mill Lane, Knutsford, WA16 9QX

Planning appeal 3277367 at Land off Mill Lane, Knutsford, WA16 9QX (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 21 October 2021 by Inspector Taylor K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

re-instatement of barn for the storage of agricultural and farming equipment

Authority
Cheshire East
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Taylor K
Postcode
WA16 9QX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposal on non-protected trees
  • If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether 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 appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence on the balance of probability that the appeal site and former building had solely been in continuous agricultural use, and therefore the proposal did not meet the agricultural exception in paragraph 149(a) of the Framework, constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.

The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the additional harm to openness and countryside safeguarding were not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, and very special circumstances did not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GC1 of the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan 2004Policy PG3 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030 2017Policy SE4 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030 2017Policy SE5 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030 2017
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 180
Judgments
Athlone House Ltd v SSCLG [2015] EWHC 3524 (Admin)

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