Planning appeal decision
Lower Woodend Cottage, Strines Road, Strines, Stockport, SK6 7GN
Planning appeal 3322370 at Lower Woodend Cottage, Strines Road, Strines, Stockport, SK6 7GN (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 15 November 2023 by Inspector Veevers A, 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 policy.
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- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Veevers A
- Postcode
- SK6 7GN
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 policy
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- 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 proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to its openness and the character of the area, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to outweigh this harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG3 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030Policy RUR 11 of the Site Allocations and Development Policies DocumentPolicy SD2 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030Policy SE1 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030Policy GEN 1 of the Site Allocations and Development Policies Document
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 137Paragraph 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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