®Planning appeal decision
Land At Oak Bank Lane, Hoole Village, Chester, CH2 4ER
the conversion of an agricultural building to a residential dwelling, and closing up of existing accesses to create a singular accessway together with alterations to the internal track area
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Blair C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal fails to preserve the openness of the Green Belt and results in encroachment into the countryside, constituting inappropriate development that cannot be justified by very special circumstances.
Framework references: 11, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy DM 22, Policy Strat 9, Policy DM 3, Policy ENV 6
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.