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

residential development

Authority: Cheshire East
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Hobbs J

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

Framework references: 155, 143, 110, 115

Plan policies cited: Policy PG3, Policy PG10, Policy MP1, Policy SD1, Policy SD2

Judgments cited: 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

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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