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Split Decision16 February 20263341226

Land on the West Side of Mudhurst Lane, Disley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 2BY

Planning appeal 3341226 at Land on the West Side of Mudhurst Lane, Disley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 2BY (Cheshire East) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 February 2026 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the access track amounts to inappropriate development within the Green Belt.

Without planning permission, the unauthorised raising of the land through the importation and deposit of soil, clay, hardcore and material and the unauthorised construction of a track

Authority
Cheshire East
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector
Pleasant L
Postcode
SK12 2BY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the access track amounts to inappropriate development within the Green Belt
  • the effect of the access track on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
  • the effect of the access track on the landscape and the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the access track on Glebe Field Disley Local Wildlife Site (LWS)
  • if the development does amount to inappropriate development within the Green Belt, whether the harm by way of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other material considerations such that very special circumstances exist to justify a grant of planning permission

What decided it

The opportunity to secure ecological enhancements through a detailed condition requiring habitat management and monitoring over 30 years provided sufficient mitigation to outweigh the harm to the LWS caused by the track construction, particularly as removal would cause further environmental harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PG3Policy SD2Policy SE4Policy SE15Policy SE3Policy ENV1Policy ENV2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154

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