®Planning appeal decision
52 Woodlands Road, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3AU
change of use of land to residential garden land to facilitate the erection of a garden outbuilding and associated garden remodelling
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Clark J
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 relevant development plan policies, and the effect on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential property, 54 Woodlands Road by reason of overlooking and loss of privacy
- the effect of the proposal on ancient woodland, a designated local wildlife site, biodiversity and trees protected by a Tree Preservation Order
- 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 necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm from inappropriateness, openness, living conditions and biodiversity impacts, and no very special circumstances exist to justify it.
Framework references: 143, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy PG 3, Policy SE 1, Policy HOU 12, Policy SE 3, Policy SE 5, Policy ENV 1, Policy ENV 2, Policy ENV 6, Policy H9
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.