®Planning appeal decision
Nine Oaks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE, WA16 8TU
internal remodelling, extension to the rear and glazed side extension
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Rann J
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 on the openness of the Green Belt
- 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 proposed extensions would result in disproportionate additions to the original building (142% cumulative increase), constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm to openness that was not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness was not clearly outweighed by the limited weight afforded to family accommodation needs, design quality, and the unsubstantiated permitted development fallback position.
Framework references: 149, 219
Plan policies cited: Policy PG 3, Policy GC1, Policy GC12
Judgments cited: R (on the application of Zurich Assurance Limited (trading as Threadneedle Property Investments)) v North Lincolnshire Council [2012] EWHC 3708 (Admin)
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.