Planning appeal decision
Brookfield Farm, Ancoats Lane , Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, SK9 7TT
Planning appeal 3322214 at Brookfield Farm, Ancoats Lane , Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, SK9 7TT (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 2 October 2023 by Inspector Townend K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the two-storey addition to the property would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2023 and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt.
the erection of a two-storey side extension, relocation of garage door and regularisation of an existing porch and conservatory
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Townend K
- Postcode
- SK9 7TT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the two-storey addition to the property would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2023 and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect of the development 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
The proposed extension would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt as a disproportionate addition exceeding the 30% threshold and having a greater impact on openness than existing development, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG3Policy RUR11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 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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