11/0333N - Land at Spinks Lane, Pickmere: Proposed Stables including Retention of Hardstanding for Messrs Felix, Thomas & Mike Doran
Meeting: 04/05/2011 - Northern Planning Committee (Item 144)
PDF 95 KBTo consider the above application
Minutes:
Note: Councillor G Walton (Ward Councillor) and Mr C Tarrant (objector) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.
The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and a written update.
RESOLVED:
That the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:
1 The proposal would be contrary to the interests of highway safety since it would result in an intensification of the use of the junction of Spinks Lane and Pickmere Lane which has inadequate visibility, having regard to local and national design standard. The proposal is therefore contrary to policies DC6 and DC32 of the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan.
2 The proposal is an inappropriate form of development within the Green Belt, as defined by the Development Plan. The development is therefore contrary to policies GC1 and DC32 of the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan and would cause harm to the objectives of those policies. The development is similarly contrary to the Council’s Supplementary Planning Guidance on Equestrian Facilities and national policy guidance relating to development within the Green Belt.
3 The proposed development, by reason if its size, siting, design and extent of hard standing would form a visually obtrusive feature which would detract from the rural character and appearance of the area within which it is located. The approval of the development would therefore be contrary to national planning policy guidance, and Macclesfield Borough Local Plan policies BE1, DC1 and DC32, thereby causing harm to the objectives of those policies.
4 Insufficient information has been submitted with the application relating to nature conservation interests and mitigation in order to assess adequately the impact of the proposed development having regard to the biodiversity harm on this site that has already occurred. In the absence of this information, it has not been possible to demonstrate that the proposal would comply with Development Plan policies and other material considerations.