®Planning appeal decision
Land lying to the north west of Pedley House Lane, Great Warford, Knutsford, WA16 7SP
Without planning permission the material change of use of the land from agricultural to mixed use comprising agricultural use, the deposit / storage / processing of aggregates, soil and material, and the parking/ storage of construction vehicles / plant and equipment. Together with the erection of a building, the siting of storage containers, trailers, and the formation of areas of hard standing
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Merrett R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework
- If the proposed development is inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposed mixed use development would fail to preserve the openness of the Green Belt in spatial terms and no very special circumstances were demonstrated to justify inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Framework references: 142, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy PG 3 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017, Policy EG 2 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017, Policy RUR 2 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Site Allocations and Development Policies Document 2022, Policy RUR 10 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Site Allocations and Development Policies Document 2022
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