Oakwood Farm, Parkgate Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 6EY

Planning appeal 3349943 at Oakwood Farm, Parkgate Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 6EY (Cheshire West and Chester) was allowed on 30 December 2024 by Inspector Walker A, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the appeal schemes constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt (Appeals A and B).

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
Postcode: CH1 6EY

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy STRAT 9Policy DM 21Policy ENV 2Policy ENV 6Policy DM 3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154
Judgments: Sage v SSETR & Maidstone BC [2003] UKHL 22

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