The Paddocks, London Road, Adlington, Cheshire, SK10 4NG

construction of a new auto-gated entrance to existing driveway with brickwork walling built within existing macadum-surfaced turning apron, plus extend / repair to match with an existing close-boarded fence set within the existing roadside-verge- frontage across the property to meet with the existing E-W boundary fence-line (thereby maintaining a secure property boundary)

Authority: Cheshire East
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Senior H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposal qualifies as limited infilling of previously developed land under NPPF paragraph 154g) which would not cause substantial harm to Green Belt openness, and the design would preserve the character and appearance of the area.

Framework references: 142, 154, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy SD2, Policy SE1, Policy GEN1, Policy HOU11

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