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Land at 17 Hill Top Road, Acton Bridge, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 3RA
Planning appeal 3312842 at Land at 17 Hill Top Road, Acton Bridge, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 3RA (Cheshire West and Chester) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 12 April 2023 by Inspector Moore D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land from a dwellinghouse and residential garden, that includes an existing outbuilding, to a mixed use of a dwellinghouse, garden and siting of shepherd's hut for holiday and short term let accommodation and partial use of the existing outbuilding for bathroom facilities in association with the holiday and short term let accommodation ("the unauthorised development")
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moore D
- Postcode
- CW8 3RA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with regard to noise and disturbance, and privacy
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt which is by definition harmful and carries substantial weight, and this harm is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- STRAT9ECON3DM9SOC5DM2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 150
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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