®Planning appeal decision
Mirrlees Fields, Stockport, SK2 7DR
outline planning application with all matters reserved proposing the erection of a residential development for up to 200 dwellings, with associated landscaping, site infrastructure and the provision of new public open space
- Authority
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Mulloy C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the supply of open space
What decided it
The realistic prospect of a materially worse fallback position (an impermeable boundary fence under permitted development rights) combined with the significant housing and affordable housing shortfall meant the benefits of the scheme outweighed the identified conflict with the development plan's open space policies.
The significant social, economic and environmental benefits of the proposal, together with the fallback position, outweighed the conflict with the development plan (Policies UOS1.2 and CS8) such that adverse impacts of granting permission did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
Framework references: 6, 11, 85, 99, 103, 130, 131, 180, 185, 186, 225
Plan policies cited: Policy UOS1.2, Policy NE3.1, Policy CS8, Policy CS3, Policy H-3, Policy CS2, Policy CS4, Policy H-2, Policy CS10, Policy L1.7, Policy L1.8, Policy SIE-2, Policy CS1, Policy AED-5, Policy SD-6
Judgments cited: Renew Land Developments v Welsh Ministers [2020] EWCA Civ 143; R(Brommell) v Reading BC & Anr [2018] EWHC 3529 (Admin); St Modwen Development Limited v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Others [2017] EWCA Civ 1643
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