Planning appeal decision
Faulkners Farm, Prestbury Road, Wilmslow, SK9 2LL
Planning appeal 3351222 at Faulkners Farm, Prestbury Road, Wilmslow, SK9 2LL (Cheshire East) was allowed on 23 December 2024 by Inspector Ashworth S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.
rebuilding farmhouse without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 42202P, dated 17 April 1986
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Ashworth S
- Postcode
- SK9 2LL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
What decided it
The condition fails to meet the tests of reasonableness and necessity because there are no specific circumstances in this particular case that would justify a stricter approach to permitted development than exists on other dwellings in the Green Belt.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 55Paragraph 56
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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