®Planning appeal decision
Land bounded by Ashton Road, the River Tame, Turner Lane and Bredbury Industrial, Stockport, SK6 1QD
- Authority
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Rose D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including landscape character and visual amenity
- 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 development
What decided it
The very substantial combined harm to the Green Belt (by reason of inappropriateness, loss of openness and conflict with three Green Belt purposes) together with very substantial harm to landscape character and visual amenity was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist.
The very substantial Green Belt and landscape/visual harms were not clearly outweighed by the substantial weight given to employment need, socio-economic benefits, and moderate/limited weight given to highway and biodiversity benefits, so very special circumstances did not exist and the balance tipped against the development.
Framework references: 137, 138, 142, 147, 148, 174, 81, 83, 111
Plan policies cited: GBA1.1, GBA1.2, LCR1.1, LCR1.1a, GBA2.1, CS1, SD-1, CS7, CS8, SIE-1, SIE-3, CS9, CS10, T-1, T-2, T-3
Judgments cited: Boot V Elmbridge DC; Smith V York CC
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.