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Allowed15 March 20243330160

Knolls Barn, Knutsford Road, Knolls Green, Mobberley, WA16 7BN

Planning appeal 3330160 at Knolls Barn, Knutsford Road, Knolls Green, Mobberley, WA16 7BN (Cheshire East) was allowed on 15 March 2024 by Inspector Praine N, following a hearing. 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 policies.

the demolition of existing metal clad storage barn, erection of single dwelling (designed and constructed as a self-build project); together with associated external works and landscaping

Authority
Cheshire East
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Praine N
Postcode
WA16 7BN

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 policies

What decided it

The finding that the appeal site, on the ground, formed part of the village and that the proposal constituted limited infilling falling within the exception at paragraph 154(e) of the Framework.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PG3Policy PG6Policy PG10
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 152Paragraph 154Paragraph 56
Judgments
Julian Wood v SSCLG, Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195

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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