®Planning appeal decision
Beeston Reclamation Yard, Whitchurch Road, Beeston, Cheshire, CW6 9NJ
the erection of up to 25 residential dwellings and associated infrastructure works
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the site provides a suitable location for new housing
- the effect on the character and appearance of the locality
- the effect on biodiversity
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan's spatial strategy by locating housing in a countryside area distant from service centres with poor accessibility, generating disproportionate travel demands, and causing significant harm to rural character, with no demonstrated housing need that could not be met within or adjacent to identified settlements.
The benefits of additional housing supply, including affordable housing provision and highway improvements, did not outweigh the identified harm to sustainable distribution of development, rural housing constraint policies, and countryside character protection.
Framework references: 55
Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT1, Policy STRAT2, Policy STRAT8, Policy STRAT9, Policy DM19, Policy DM24, Policy SOC2, Policy ENV4, Policy ENV6, Policy DM44, Policy BE3
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.