12/4247M-The use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes for 1No - gypsy pitch, together with the formation of additional hard standing and utility/dayroom ancillary to that use, Land to the North West of, Moor Lane, Wilmslow
Meeting: 23/01/2013 - Northern Planning Committee (Item 98)
PDF 629 KBTo consider the above application.
Minutes:
Consideration was given to the above application.
(Councillor G Barton, the Ward Councillor attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application).
RESOLVED
That for the reason set out in the report the application be refused for the following reason:-
1. The site lies within the North Cheshire Green Belt as defined by the Development Plan. The proposed development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and results in a loss of openness and encroachment into the countryside. It is not considered that the unmet need for gypsy accommodation in the area and other material considerations advanced by the applicant amount to very special circumstances that would clearly outweigh the identified harm to the Green Belt. The proposal is therefore contrary to policies GC1 and DC31 of the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan, the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for traveller sites.