86A Higher Bents Lane, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2JP

Planning appeal 3302375 at 86A Higher Bents Lane, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2JP (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 15 February 2023 by Inspector Wraight G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on highway safety having regard to the fallback position of installing a gate utilising permitted development provisions.

Without the benefit of planning permission, the construction of a 1.8 metre high electric sliding gate across the vehicle access to the Land from Higher Bents Lane (the "Gate")

Authority: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Wraight G
Postcode: SK6 2JP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on highway safety having regard to the fallback position of installing a gate utilising permitted development provisions

What decided it

The fallback position of a permitted development 1-metre gate having the same highway safety impact as the appeal development, combined with a real prospect of its implementation, justified granting permission despite conflict with development plan policies.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy T-3Policy SIE-1

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