Planning appeal decision
4 The Square, Wyche Road, Bunbury, Cheshire East, CW6 9PW
Planning appeal 3347290 at 4 The Square, Wyche Road, Bunbury, Cheshire East, CW6 9PW (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 19 November 2024 by Inspector Bennett T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Higher Bunbury Conservation Area and its effect on a non-designated heritage asset.
first floor side extension, log burner and render to existing and proposed side extension
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Bennett T
- Postcode
- CW6 9PW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Higher Bunbury Conservation Area and its effect on a non-designated heritage asset
What decided it
The harmful effect on the significance of the non-designated heritage asset and the character and appearance of the conservation area, which would not be preserved or enhanced, cannot be justified by the limited public benefits of the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SE 1SE 7HER 1HER 3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 208Paragraph 209
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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