®Planning appeal decision
Oakwood Farm, Parkgate Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 6EY
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land to residential use and the erection of a residential garage (“the unauthorised development”)
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Walker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the appeal schemes constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt (Appeals A and B)
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area (Appeal B)
What decided it
The finding that Oakwood Farm constituted previously developed land, bringing both developments within the Green Belt exception for limited infilling/redevelopment of PDL and meaning they were not inappropriate development.
the limited weight given to conflict with Policy DM 21 (Appeal A) and Policy STRAT 9 (Appeal B) was outweighed by the Framework's encouragement to make efficient use of land and re-use previously developed land, with no other harm identified
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT 9, Policy DM 21, Policy ENV 2, Policy ENV 6, Policy DM 3
Judgments cited: Sage v SSETR & Maidstone BC [2003] UKHL 22
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.