Home Farm, Chapel House Lane, Puddington, Neston, Chester, Cheshire, CH64 5SW

material change of use of land for the storage of caravans, motorhomes, motorcars, boats or trailers

Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Franks Z

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the NPPF and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
The effect of the development on the landscape
The effect of the development on the Puddington Conservation 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 development

What decided it

The outdoor storage use harms the openness of the Green Belt, conflicts with its purposes, damages the character and appearance of the countryside, and adversely affects the Puddington Conservation Area as a designated heritage asset, with no very special circumstances to justify the development.

Framework references: 155, 153

Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT9, Policy DM46

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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