®Planning appeal decision
Land off the Coppice, Poynton, SK12 1SR
erection of a single detached dwelling (dormer bungalow)
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Dring G
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
- if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The application of the Wood case principle that village boundaries defined in local plans are not determinative, and assessment of the site 'on the ground' demonstrates it is spatially and visually located within the village of Higher Poynton and constitutes limited infilling, therefore not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Framework references: 147, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy PG3, Policy PG10, Policy PG6, Policy MP1, Policy SD1, Policy SD2, Policy HOU3
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v SSCLG, Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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.