3 Free Green Cottages, Free Green Lane, Over Peover, Cheshire, WA16 9QX

conversion of outbuilding to dwelling

Authority: Cheshire East
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Major R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to accessibility of local services, facilities and sustainable modes of transport

What decided it

The unsustainable location of the appeal site, with future occupiers heavily reliant on private car use due to poor accessibility to services, facilities and public transport, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of the proposal when assessed against the Framework as a whole.

The adverse impacts arising from the appeal site's unsustainable location significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits (provision of one dwelling, efficient use of previously developed land, limited economic benefits, and unsubstantiated self-build provision) when assessed against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

Framework references: 11, 66, 73, 83, 84, 91, 110, 115, 129, 135, 139, 154, 155, 232

Plan policies cited: CELPS Policy SD 1, CELPS Policy SD 2, CELPS Policy PG 3, SADPD Policy RUR 11

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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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