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Land Bounded by Ashton Road, The River Tame, Turner Lane and Bredbury Industrial, Stockport, SK6 1QD
Planning appeal 3279967 at Land Bounded by Ashton Road, The River Tame, Turner Lane and Bredbury Industrial, Stockport, SK6 1QD (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 March 2022 by Inspector Rose D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.
Hybrid application: Part A - outline permission (all matters reserved) for up to 53,327 sqm B2/B8 employment floorspace with associated infrastructure; Part B - full permission for two commercial/industrial units comprising 39,857 sqm, strategic landscaping, and highway works including widening/realignment of Bredbury Park Way
- 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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- GBA1.1GBA1.2LCR1.1LCR1.1aGBA2.1CS1SD-1CS7CS8SIE-1SIE-3CS9CS10T-1T-2T-3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 142Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 174Paragraph 81Paragraph 83Paragraph 111
- Judgments
- Boot V Elmbridge DC; Smith V York CC
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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