Land Adjacent Manor House Farm, Marsh Lane, EDLESTON, NANTWICH, CW5 8PA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• whether the site is a suitable location for residential development having particular regard to the Council's spatial development strategy and to accessibility to services and facilities
• the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
• whether the proposal would satisfy the requirements of the statutory framework for biodiversity net gain

What decided it

The adverse impacts of allowing the appeal—conflict with spatial strategy, unsustainable location requiring private vehicle dependence, harm to rural character, and failure to meet statutory biodiversity net gain requirements—significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits of one dwelling and economic activity.

The modest benefits of housing supply and economic activity were accorded moderate weight, but were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of locating development in an unsuitable, unsustainable location conflicting with spatial strategy, harming character and appearance, and failing to meet statutory biodiversity net gain requirements.