®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Caudebec, Congleton Road, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, SK9 7AL
Planning appeal 3288337 at Land Adjacent to Caudebec, Congleton Road, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, SK9 7AL (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 20 May 2022 by Inspector Wilson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development.
construction of two dwellings and associated works
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The site does not constitute limited infilling within the Green Belt exception because it is located at the end of ribbon development with a large gap to further built form, and therefore the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of new homes, economic benefits, and the fallback position, therefore very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG 3 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030Policy GC1 of the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan (2004)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 137Paragraph 148
- Judgments
- Julian Wood v SSCLG, Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195; R (Tate) v Northumberland County Council [2018] EWCA Civ 1519
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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