®Planning appeal decision
Chestnut Farm, Alsager Road, Hassall Green, Sandbach, CW11 4YB
Stage 1 Permission in Principle application for residential development for up to 7 dwellings
- Authority
- Cheshire East Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- CW11 4YB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location, proposed use, and amount of development are appropriate for residential development
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing supply in Cheshire East and the significant weight to be given to housing need, combined with the site's reasonable proximity to larger service centres and the practical equivalence of sustainability outcomes whether development occurred within or outside the infill boundary, meant that permission should be granted despite conflict with the development plan.
the harm arising from the site's location in the open countryside outside the infill boundary and its unsustainability would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of providing up to seven dwellings to address a notable housing supply shortfall and the economic benefits of construction and future occupation, when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole
Framework references: 11, 89
Plan policies cited: Policy PG6 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017, Policy PG10 of the Cheshire East Site Allocations and Development Plan Policies Document 2022, Policy SE1 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017, Policy SD1 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017, Policy SD2 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017
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.