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Allowed5 September 20223282191

Land Between Chelford Road and Whirley Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3JJ

Planning appeal 3282191 at Land Between Chelford Road and Whirley Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3JJ (Cheshire East) was allowed on 5 September 2022 by Inspector Burnham T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The first main issue is whether allowing the proposal would amount to over-development of the site having particular regard to the requirements of Policy LPS18 of the Cheshire East Council Local Plan Strategy (2017) (CELPS).

the erection of 23 No. dwellings, vehicular access, roads and footways, hard and soft landscaping, drainage and other associated works

Authority
Cheshire East
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Burnham T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The first main issue is whether allowing the proposal would amount to over-development of the site having particular regard to the requirements of Policy LPS18 of the Cheshire East Council Local Plan Strategy (2017) (CELPS).
  • The second main issue, which is linked to and leads on from the first, is whether the extraction of peat deposits from the site would have any unacceptable adverse environmental impact with particular regard to air pollution through the release of greenhouse gas emissions (GGEs).

What decided it

The Inspector found no harm arising from the conflict with Policy LPS18 (no unacceptable GGE/air quality impact from peat extraction), and the resulting benefits of the scheme outweighed that harmless policy conflict.

The significant benefits of the scheme (affordable housing, social and economic benefits, biodiversity net gain, and a tempered contribution to housing supply) outweighed the harmless conflict with Policy LPS18, so the appeal was allowed

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LPS18Policy SE10Policy SE12Policy IN1Policy IN2Policy SC1Policy SC2Policy SC5Policy SE6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 211Paragraph 56

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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