®Planning appeal decision
Hills Garden Centre, London Road, Allostock, Northwich, Cheshire, WA16 9LU
erection of 16 dwellings
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Cragg D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to national and local planning policies and accessibility to services, facilities, employment, and public transport
- the effect of the development on the efficiency of the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope (JBRT)
- Whether material considerations including the fallback would outweigh any harm in respect of the proposed development
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy on location/accessibility, combined with harm to the efficiency of the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope, was not outweighed by the identified benefits or the fallback position.
moderate weight attached to the scheme's economic, social and environmental benefits did not outweigh the great weight required to be given to harm to the Jodrell Bank World Heritage Site, and the fallback did not outweigh the conflict with the development plan
Framework references: 79, 80, 202
Plan policies cited: STRAT1, STRAT2, STRAT8, STRAT9, DM19, DM12, SOC6, DM35
Judgments cited: R v Secretary of State for the Environment and Havering BC [1998] Env LR 189; Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610
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.