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Dismissed8 April 20253353198

Kingswood Lodge, Kingswood Lane, Saughall, Chester, Cheshire West And Chester, CH1 6DE

Planning appeal 3353198 at Kingswood Lodge, Kingswood Lane, Saughall, Chester, Cheshire West And Chester, CH1 6DE (Cheshire West and Chester) was dismissed on 8 April 2025 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt.

Retrospective alterations comprising a dormer extension to the roof of a detached dwellinghouse

Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Hobbs J
Postcode
CH1 6DE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt, and any other harm, so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The identified harm to the openness and purposes of the Green Belt and to character and appearance was not clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy STRAT9Policy ENV6Policy DM3Policy DM21House Extensions and Domestic Outbuildings SPD
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 131Paragraph 139Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 153

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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