®Planning appeal decision
Mill Hill Farm Arden Road, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SB
Planning appeal 3361397 at Mill Hill Farm Arden Road, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SB (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 27 July 2026 by Inspector Jones D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any other relevant development plan policies.
a material change in the use of land from agricultural use to a mixed use as agriculture and storage use including the provision of shipping containers used for the purpose of self-storage
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones D
- Postcode
- SK6 2SB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any other relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the development on highway safety
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness, combined with harm to character and appearance and highway safety, is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances do not exist.
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, loss of openness, harm to character and appearance, and highway safety is not outweighed by the little weight carried by economic benefits and demand for the use, so the development cannot be justified.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GBA1.2 of the Stockport Unitary Plan (adopted May 2006)Policy LCR1.1 of the Stockport Unitary PlanPolicy SIE-3 of the Stockport Core Strategy Development Plan Document (adopted March 2011)Policy T-3 of the Stockport Core Strategy Development Plan DocumentPolicy TD2.2 of the Stockport Unitary Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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