®Planning appeal decision
Land off London Road, Holmes Chapel, CW4 8AX
Residential development of 25 no. dwellings including associated infrastructure and landscaping
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Housden S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the site is a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to the policies for the location of development in the Borough
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of Holmes Chapel and the countryside in the vicinity of the appeal site
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy (location outside the settlement boundary in the open countryside), reinforced by moderate harm to rural character, was not outweighed by the housing and other benefits.
Significant weight for housing and affordable housing delivery, moderate weight for economic benefits and limited weight for s106 community contributions were outweighed by the very substantial weight against the scheme arising from conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and moderate harm to the character and appearance of the countryside.
Framework references: 60, 57, 125
Plan policies cited: Policy PS8 (Open Countryside), SADPD Policy PG9, SADPD Policy REC1, LPS Policy PG2, LPS Policy PG6, LPS Policy PG7, LPS Policy SE3, LPS Policy SE4, LPS Policy SE6, LPS Policy SE14, LPS Policy SC5, LPS Policy IN1, LPS Policy IN2, LPS Policy SD1, LPS Policy SC1, LPS Policy SC2, LPS Policy SC3, LPS Policy HOU8, LPS Policy LC5, NP Policy HOU01, NP Policy HOU1, NP Policy HOU02, NP Policy HOU2
Judgments cited: R (Derwent Holdings Ltd) v Trafford BC [2011] EWCA Civ 832
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.