Planning appeal decision
Normans Hall Chelford Road, Prestbury, Macclesfield, SK10 4PT
Planning appeal 3375297 at Normans Hall Chelford Road, Prestbury, Macclesfield, SK10 4PT (Cheshire East) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 27 July 2026 by Inspector A A Phillips, following a hearing.
Appeal A: erection of a timber fence above 2 metres in height (enforcement notice); Appeal B: extensions to the main house comprising a boot room, subterranean leisure suite and link corridor, a glazed loggia, a dormer window and alterations to the converted shippon, erection of garage block and greenhouse, alterations to access gate, driveway and boundary walls, removal/erection of retaining walls, landscaping and regrading of land, and retention of timber fence adjoining the eastern boundary
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- A A Phillips
- Postcode
- SK10 4PT
What decided it
The Inspector found no unreasonable behaviour by the Council in either its enforcement approach to the fence or its handling of the planning application, so no costs award was justified.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 39
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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