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Allowed13 April 20266002211

Hilltop Country House, Flash Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4ED

Planning appeal 6002211 at Hilltop Country House, Flash Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4ED (Cheshire East) was allowed on 13 April 2026 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location and the proposed land use.

residential development

Authority
Cheshire East
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hobbs J
Postcode
SK10 4ED

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location and the proposed land use

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing land, combined with the site comprising grey belt land under Framework paragraph 155 where development would not fundamentally undermine remaining Green Belt purposes and the location is sustainable for a rural area, outweighed the conflict with the development plan.

the demonstrable unmet housing need and the site's status as grey belt land suitable for residential development in a sustainable rural location outweighed the conflict with the development plan policies

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PG3Policy PG10Policy MP1Policy SD1Policy SD2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 155Paragraph 143Paragraph 110Paragraph 115
Judgments
Julian Wood v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Gravesham Borough Council [2014] EWHC 683 (Admin); Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, R(on the application of) v Epping Forest District Council & Anor (Rev 1) [2016] EWCA Civ 404

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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