®Planning appeal decision
Brookfields Farm, Longhill Lane, Hankelow, CW3 0JQ
Planning appeal 6007422 at Brookfields Farm, Longhill Lane, Hankelow, CW3 0JQ (Cheshire East Council) was allowed on 22 September 2026 by Inspector Ann Veevers, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be permitted development, with particular regard to paragraphs Q(c) and Q1.(j) and the extent of the building works.
conversion of an agricultural building into two single storey dwellings
- Authority
- Cheshire East Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- Ann Veevers
- Postcode
- CW3 0JQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be permitted development, with particular regard to paragraphs Q(c) and Q1.(j) and the extent of the building works
- whether, under the provisions of Q2(1)(a), the proposal would be acceptable in relation to its transport and highways impacts, with particular regard to parking and the effect on Public Right of Way 33
- whether, under the provisions of paragraph Q2(1)(e), the location or siting of the building would make it impractical or undesirable for it to change to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) in terms of whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers, with regard to disturbance and odours
What decided it
The cumulative extent of the building works, whilst considerable, would not involve substantial replacement of the building's external fabric and would retain the primary structural elements, thereby falling within the scope of operations reasonably necessary for conversion under Class Q.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Policy P3Policy P4
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.
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