®Planning appeal decision
The Grange, Main Road, Worleston, Nantwich, CW5 6DN
permission in principle for the erection of 5 dwellings
- Authority
- Cheshire East Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- 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
Framework references: 11, 84, 109, 110, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy PG6, Policy PG2, Policy PG10, Policy SC6, Policy SD1, Policy SD2, Policy SE4, Policy ENV3
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.