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Dismissed26 January 20233289557

Clarendon Field (Sales Sports Club), Rookwood, Clarendon Crescent, Sale, M33 2DE

Planning appeal 3289557 at Clarendon Field (Sales Sports Club), Rookwood, Clarendon Crescent, Sale, M33 2DE (Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 January 2023 by Inspector Manchester S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

the creation of a new outdoor artificial hockey turf pitch with associated features, including: perimeter fencing, gated entrances, an artificial floodlight system and improvements to the adjacent natural turf pitch

Authority
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Manchester S
Postcode
M33 2DE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • the effects of the proposal on the protected open space, with particular regard to the quantity and quality of informal sport and recreational provision and the Public Right of Way
  • the effects of the proposal on the residential amenity and living conditions of nearby residential occupiers, with particular regard to light, noise and disturbance, and on-street parking

What decided it

The cumulative harm to the character and appearance of Clarendon Field, the protected open space, and residential amenity outweighed the moderate benefits to Sale Hockey Club and formal sports provision.

the significant harm to character and appearance and the moderate harms to protected open space and residential amenity outweighed the moderate benefits to Sale Sports Club/hockey and the limited or neutral weight of other considerations, so the balance tipped against the proposal

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy L7Policy R5Policy L5SA09SA016

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