Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to The Elms, Plumley Moor Road, Lower Peover, Cheshire, WA16 9SE
Planning appeal 3309428 at Land Adjacent to The Elms, Plumley Moor Road, Lower Peover, Cheshire, WA16 9SE (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 16 March 2023 by Inspector Wilson L, 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.
construction of new residential dwelling
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson L
- Postcode
- WA16 9SE
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 of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any 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
Lower Peover is not designated as a village in Policy PG 10 of the SADPD, therefore the proposal cannot benefit from the limited infilling exception and constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG 3Policy PG 10Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 137Paragraph 148
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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