®Planning appeal decision
Land off Crewe Road, Sandbach, CW11 1EW
the erection of up to 160 dwellings (C3), a new care home of up to 70 bedspaces (C2), a new community building (F2) with associated car parking, and a new countryside park (all matters reserved except access)
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Young D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area including the Green Gap
- the effect of the development on highway safety
- the effect of the development on BMV agricultural land
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the very substantial benefits of the scheme were found to clearly outweigh the limited identified harms.
the very substantial benefits of housing delivery, the care home, community facility and open space provision clearly outweighed the limited policy conflict, landscape/visual harm and BMV land loss, even on a flat balance under s.38(6)
Framework references: 11, 180, 58
Plan policies cited: Policy PG6, Policy PG13, Policy PC1, Policy PC3, LP Policy SE2, LP Policy SD1, Policy SD2(v)
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.