®Planning appeal decision
Clarendon Field (Sales Sports Club), Rookwood, Clarendon Crescent, Sale, M33 2DE
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
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
Plan policies cited: Policy L7, Policy R5, Policy L5, SA09, SA016
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.