®Planning appeal decision
LITTLE VERAS PADDOCK, OFF COAL PIT LANE, STANTHORNE, WINSFORD, CW10 0NB
the material change of use of land for gypsy traveller caravan site with facilitating development (utility blocks, hard standing, package treatment plant)
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Taylor K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, with particular regard to accessibility to local services and facilities and safe pedestrian access
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect on highway safety
- Whether any harm arising from the proposal would be outweighed by other considerations
What decided it
The significant, unresolved harm to highway safety arising from uncertainty over the ownership, control and long-term maintenance of the access track's passing places and visibility splays.
The benefits of providing a settled base for 7/8 gypsy and traveller households, the appellant's personal circumstances and the best interests of the children did not outweigh the moderate harm to character and appearance and the substantial harm to highway safety, and the appeal was dismissed.
Framework references: 105, 110, 111
Plan policies cited: Policy SOC 4, Policy T 5, Policy STRAT 10, Policy STRAT 9, Policy ENV 2, Policy ENV 6, Policy DM 3, Policy GBC 2, Policy DM 19, Policy DM 20, Policy R 1
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.