®Planning appeal decision
141 Gatley Road, Gatley, Cheadle, Stockport, SK8 4PD
demolition of existing property and replacement with 9 apartments and associated landscape and access works
- Authority
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- highway safety, with regard to the adequacy of parking provision
- the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with regard to privacy in relation to the roof gardens
- whether the development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers with regard to recreation and amenity open space provision
What decided it
The substantial and wide-ranging harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the proposal's incongruous height, density and scale significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery, even in the context of the Council's housing land supply shortfall.
The substantial harm to character and appearance significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic/social/environmental benefits, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 55, 225
Plan policies cited: Policy CS3, Policy H1, Policy CS8, Policy SIE1, Policy SIE3, Policy T-1, Policy T-2, Saved Policy L1.2, Policy SIE2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.