®Planning appeal decision
Thimswarra Farm, Dragons Lane, Moston, SANDBACH, Cheshire, CW11 3QB
change of use of land to use as a residential caravan site for 7 gypsy families with a total of 16 caravans, including no more than 7 static caravans/mobile homes, together with laying of hardstanding, erection of communal amenity building, erection of 5 utility buildings and erection of stable building
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Taylor K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The accessibility of the site to local services and facilities
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal on the setting of nearby listed buildings
- Biodiversity, with particular reference to any direct effects on the Sandbach Flashes, Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
- Whether any harm arising from the proposal would be outweighed by other considerations
What decided it
The inability to rule out adverse effects on the integrity of the Sandbach Flashes SSSI in the absence of adequate ecological evidence.
The benefits of the additional pitches, contribution to the deficient gypsy and traveller pitch supply, and personal circumstances were not sufficient to outweigh the potential adverse effects on the SSSI, which alone justified dismissal.
Framework references: 48, 30, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy SC7, Policy SD2, Policy PG6, Saved Policy PS8, Policy SE7, Policy HER1, Policy SE3, Policy ENV1, Policy HOU5a, Policy HOU5c
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.