The Vraj, Forest Gate Lane, Kelsall, Cheshire, CW6 0SZ

the installation of a 30-ground mounted PV panel array

Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector: Baird G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether the 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 very substantial weight attached to the renewable energy benefits and CO2 emissions reduction, combined with negligible and reversible harm to Green Belt openness, clearly outweighed the harm of inappropriateness and amounted to very special circumstances.

Framework references: 154, 155, 156, 163, 153

Plan policies cited: Policy ENV 7, Policy DM 52, Policy DM 53, Policy DM 2, Policy DM 3, Policy SOC 5, Policy ENV 4, Policy STRAT 9

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