®Planning appeal decision
Chestnut Farm, Alsager Road, Hassall Green, Sandbach, CW11 4YB
Planning appeal 6006771 at Chestnut Farm, Alsager Road, Hassall Green, Sandbach, CW11 4YB (Cheshire East Council) was allowed on 17 July 2026 by Inspector J Smith, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the location, proposed use, and amount of development are appropriate for residential development.
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
- Inspector
- J Smith
- 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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG6 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017Policy PG10 of the Cheshire East Site Allocations and Development Plan Policies Document 2022Policy SE1 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017Policy SD1 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017Policy SD2 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2017
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 89
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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