®Planning appeal decision
Land off Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9HB
permission in principle for the construction of one dwelling and associated works
- Authority
- Cheshire East Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- WA16 9HB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location, the proposed land use and the amount of development is suitable for residential development, having particular regard to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt with particular regard to the sustainability of the location, the effect on openness and purposes of the Green Belt, and whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations
What decided it
The appeal site does not represent a sustainable location for residential development because future residents would be heavily reliant on the private car, failing to meet criterion (c) of paragraph 155 of the Framework, and the resulting inappropriate development and harm to Green Belt openness cannot be clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and moderate harm to openness, attracting substantial weight, was not clearly outweighed by the modest social benefits of one dwelling and limited economic benefits, such that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
Framework references: 11, 73, 83, 110, 115, 142, 143, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy PG3, Policy SD1, Policy SD2, Policy PG10, Policy H1
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.