Foden Bank Barn, Lapwing Lane, Lower Withington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9AD

Planning appeal 3351711 at Foden Bank Barn, Lapwing Lane, Lower Withington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9AD (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 14 April 2025 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well founded.

the conversion of the existing gym/office outbuilding to residential annexe. Summary

Authority: Cheshire East
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Freer P
Postcode: SK11 9AD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Appeal A: whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well founded
Appeal B: whether the conversion of the existing gym/office outbuilding to use as a residential annexe would impair the efficiency of the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope

What decided it

For Appeal A: the outbuilding remains within the curtilage of the main dwelling and part of the same planning unit with clear functional links through family occupation, so no material change of use occurs. For Appeal B: the uncontradicted technical evidence from the University of Manchester demonstrates the development would impair the radio telescope's efficiency in breach of Policy SE14.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SE14Policy HER9
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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