12/3847C Thimswarra Farm, Dragons Lane, Moston, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 3QB: Change of Use of Land to use as a Residential Caravan Site for Two Gypsy Families, including Laying of Hardstanding and Driveway for
Meeting: 12/12/2012 - Southern Planning Committee (Item 99)
PDF 601 KBTo consider the above planning application.
Minutes:
Note: Councillor J Wray (Ward Councillor), Councillor W Scragg (on behalf of Moston Parish Council), Mr D Wright (on behalf of Action Moston) and Miss R Williams (objector) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.
The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application, a written update and an oral update by the Southern Area Manager – Development Management, who confirmed that, due to insufficient information with respect to where the horses would be grazed, officers were recommending that the application be refused.
RESOLVED – That the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:
1. The location of the site represents an unsustainable form of development due to the distance from local services and facilities contrary to Policies GR1 (New Development) and H8 (Gypsy Caravan Sites) of the adopted Congleton Borough Local Plan First Review 2005 and Policy HOU6 (Gypsy Caravan Sites) of the Cheshire Structure Plan and the guidance contained within paragraph 23 of Planning Policy for Traveller Sites.
2. The proposed development combined with other existing and proposed schemes for Gypsy/Traveller accommodation in the immediate locality would cumulatively have an adverse impact on the character of the countryside contrary to Policy PS8 (Open Countryside) and also guidance within paragraph 12 of the Planning Policy for Traveller Sites.
- In the opinion of the Local Planning Authority the applicant has provided insufficient information to determine where their horses will be grazed as such the proposal is contrary to policies H6 (Residential Development in the Open Countryside and the Green Belt), H7 (Residential Caravans and Mobile Homes) and H8 (Gypsy Caravan Sites) of the Borough of Congleton Local Plan First Review.