®Planning appeal decision
The Grange, Main Road, Worleston, Nantwich, CW5 6DN
Planning appeal 6004664 at The Grange, Main Road, Worleston, Nantwich, CW5 6DN (Cheshire East Council) was dismissed on 2 June 2026 by Inspector N Teasdale, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development.
permission in principle for the erection of 5 dwellings
- Authority
- Cheshire East Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- N Teasdale
- Postcode
- CW5 6DN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The site's location in open countryside outside any settlement boundary, combined with its unsustainability due to limited services and absence of regular public transport, means the adverse impacts of conflict with spatial strategy and creation of car-dependent development significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest housing benefits even under the tilted balance.
the adverse impacts of conflict with adopted spatial strategy, unjustified development in open countryside, erosion of rural edge character, and creation of an unsustainable pattern of development heavily reliant on private car significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest social, economic and environmental benefits including housing supply contribution, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG6Policy PG2Policy PG10Policy SC6Policy SD1Policy SD2Policy SE4Policy ENV3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 109Paragraph 110Paragraph 115
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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