Planning appeal decision
5 Woodlands Road, Disley, Stockport, SK12 2LU
Planning appeal 3368997 at 5 Woodlands Road, Disley, Stockport, SK12 2LU (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 27 October 2025 by Inspector Senior H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
two storey extension, front Dutch gables altered to form gables and alterations to doors and windows
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Senior H
- Postcode
- SK12 2LU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- 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 required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with limited additional harm to openness, and the moderate benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm, so very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RUR11Policy PG3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 153
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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