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Allowed16 July 20253363280

Oakville, Back Lane, Spurstow, Cheshire, CW6 9TE

Planning appeal 3363280 at Oakville, Back Lane, Spurstow, Cheshire, CW6 9TE (Cheshire East) was allowed on 16 July 2025 by Inspector Sims B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the conversion and associated development now proposed for residential use would be compliant with adopted planning policy on rural conversions.

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
Postcode
CW6 9TE

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CELPS Policy PG6SADPD Policy RUR14SADPD Policy RUR13CELPS Policy PG6(iii)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 83Paragraph 84

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