®Planning appeal decision
Land at Hanns Hall Road, Willaston, CH64 2TQ
the erection of a mental health and wellbeing recreational hub building with new access driveway, parking area and provision of 5no. parking spaces. Installation of no.7 pontoons situated around existing pond with track access and associated landscaping works
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Hickey A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including considering the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and its purposes
- Effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to the provisions of local and national policy
- The effect of the proposal on protected species
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause substantial harm to openness, character and appearance, and potentially to protected species, which is not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits claimed.
Framework references: 143, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT 9, Policy ENV 2, Policy GBC 2, Policy ENV 4, Policy DM44
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.