Lower Swanscoe Farm , Kerridge Road, Higher Hurdsfield, SK10 5TB

a stable block and horse riding arena, including change of use of land and access driveway, parking area and gates

Authority: Cheshire East
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Partington A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework having regard to the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
Whether or not sufficient information has been provided to assess the impact of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposed development

What decided it

The stable block and ancillary hardstanding exceed the minimum level required for a domestic facility and result in inappropriate development harmful to the Green Belt, with no very special circumstances to justify approval.

Framework references: 143, 152, 153, 154, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy PG3, Policy RUR7

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