®Planning appeal decision
Land at Crown Lane Farm, Crown Lane, Lower Peover, KNUTSFORD, WA16 9QB
outline planning application for 12no. self-build/custom-build dwellings with associated access and supporting infrastructure. A Design Code and Plot Passports accompany this application. Matters of final appearance, landscaping, layout and scale will be confirmed with subsequent reserved matters applications for each plot
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Major R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy, the relevant development plan policies and the proximity of facilities, services and sustainable modes of transport
- the effect of the proposal on protected species, with particular regard to bats
- the effect of the proposal on the efficiency of the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope
- whether a planning obligation is necessary in respect of matters relating to self-build; affordable housing; open space and education
What decided it
The cumulative harm from the unsustainable location, insufficient protected species information, impact on Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope efficiency, and failure to secure affordable housing significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing supply.
The adverse impacts from unsustainable location, development plan conflicts, protected species uncertainty, Jodrell Bank interference, and absence of affordable housing obligation significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate social and economic benefits of 12 dwellings, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 58, 66, 83, 84, 91, 110, 115, 129, 135, 139, 225
Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT 1, Policy STRAT 2, Policy STRAT 8, Policy STRAT 9, Policy ENV4, Policy SOC1, Policy SOC6, Policy DM12, Policy DM19, Policy DM35, 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.