®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Broomlands Lodge, Bridgemere Lane, Hatherton, Nantwich , CW5 7PL
‘erection of one self-build dwelling and associated works’
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Porter H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site offers an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to whether future occupiers would be heavily reliant on private transport to access basic services and facilities
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the site and its surroundings, including whether the proposed dwelling would be of exceptional design quality
What decided it
The proposal fails to accord with the development plan taken as a whole and the adverse impacts of granting permission would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework policies for sustainable locations and well-designed places.
The moderate positive weight of housing supply contribution and self-build benefits was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial harm arising from the unsustainable location requiring heavy reliance on private transport and the failure to achieve exceptional design quality in a sensitive rural setting.
Framework references: 11, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy PG 6, Policy SD 1, Policy SD 2, Policy PG 9, Policy SE 1, Policy SE 4, Policy H1, Policy H4, Policy GEN 1
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.