®Planning appeal decision
Land off Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9HB
Planning appeal 6007446 at Land off Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9HB (Cheshire East Council) was dismissed on 6 July 2026 by Inspector R Major, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
permission in principle for the construction of one dwelling and associated works
- Authority
- Cheshire East Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- R Major
- 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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG3Policy SD1Policy SD2Policy PG10Policy H1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 73Paragraph 83Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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