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Dismissed11 May 20223279631

Thimswarra Farm, Dragons Lane, Moston, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3QB

Planning appeal 3279631 at Thimswarra Farm, Dragons Lane, Moston, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3QB (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 11 May 2022 by Inspector Taylor K, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The accessibility of the site to local services and facilities.

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
Postcode
CW11 3QB

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SC7Policy SD2Policy PG6Saved Policy PS8Policy SE7Policy HER1Policy SE3Policy ENV1Policy HOU5aPolicy HOU5c
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 48Paragraph 30Paragraph 180

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