Well Cottage Farm, Beech Road, Little Budworth, TARPORLEY, CHESHIRE, CW6 9EN

Engineering works to create a football pitch with associated works and construction of a gate

Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Hearing
Development: leisure-sport · Householder developments

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the refusal of a certificate of lawful use or development (LDC) was well-founded
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area

What decided it

The football pitch's significant urbanising effect on the rural character of the site, conflicting with Policy STRAT 9, decided Appeal B, while the lack of evidence of a continuous 10-year domestic use of the paddock land decided Appeal A.

The benefits of the sports facility to the occupants of Well Cottage Farm did not outweigh the harm to the character of the rural area, and the development conflicted with the development plan as a whole with no outweighing material considerations.

Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT 9

Judgments cited: Burdle and Williams v SSE and New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207

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