Planning appeal decision
Glengarry Middlewich Road, Lower Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9PN
Planning appeal 3305226 at Glengarry Middlewich Road, Lower Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9PN (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 16 December 2022 by Inspector Clowes M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
single storey rear extension and associated alterations
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Clowes M
- Postcode
- WA16 9PN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The cumulative floor area increase of 131% from the proposed extension combined with previous extensions significantly exceeded the 30% disproportionality threshold, constituting inappropriate Green Belt development with no very special circumstances to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG3 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017Policy GC12 of the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan 2004
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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