®Planning appeal decision
Oakville, Back Lane, Spurstow, Cheshire, CW6 9TE
barn conversion and associated development to create a single dwellinghouse and ancillary works
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Sims B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the conversion and associated development now proposed for residential use would be compliant with adopted planning policy on rural conversions
- If not compliant with policy, whether any other material considerations, including the National Planning Policy Framework, militate in favour of allowing the appeal
What decided it
The tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11, combined with the material benefits of re-using a redundant building and contributing to housing supply in a location related to existing development, outweighed the conflict with development plan policies in the absence of significant environmental harm.
The adverse impact of conflict with the development plan, in the absence of other environmental harm, would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits assessed against the NPPF as a whole, including the socio-economic contributions of the proposed dwelling and re-use of a redundant building.
Framework references: 11, 83, 84
Plan policies cited: CELPS Policy PG6, SADPD Policy RUR14, SADPD Policy RUR13, CELPS Policy PG6(iii)
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.