Higher Kinderfields Farm , Hollin Lane Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0NN

Planning appeal 3346616 at Higher Kinderfields Farm , Hollin Lane Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0NN (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 8 October 2025 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c).

Unauthorised erection of a building (alleged breach of planning control)

Authority: Cheshire East
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Walker A
Postcode: SK11 0NN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the matters alleged in the notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
Whether the building was substantially completed more than four years before the notice was issued, thereby acquiring immunity from enforcement action (ground d)
Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)

What decided it

The demolition of the original garage constituted commencement of the 2017 planning permission, rendering it extant and allowing the breach to be remedied by alteration rather than demolition alone.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Commercial Land Ltd v SSTLR & Kensington & Chelsea RBC [2002] EWHC 1264 Admin, [2003] JPL 358

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