12/4318C Land Adjacent to Sandyacre, 51, Main Road, Goostrey, Crewe CW4 8LH: Construction of 3 New Houses adjacent to Sandyacre for
Meeting: 29/05/2013 - Southern Planning Committee (Item 5)
PDF 473 KBTo consider the above planning application.
Minutes:
Note: Mr D Giles (supporter), Mr J Ashall and Mr A Rose (on behalf of the applicant) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.
Note: Councillor R Bailey left the meeting and returned during consideration of this item but after returning did not take part in the debate or vote.
The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application, a written update and an oral update by the Southern Area Manager – Development Management which confirmed amendments to the site area as shown in the officer’s report.
RESOLVED – That the application be REFUSED for the following reason:
The proposal is located within the Open Countryside and would result in erosion of the physical gaps between built up areas, and given that there are other alternatives sites, which could be used to meet the Council’s housing land supply requirements, the proposal is considered to be contrary to Policy PS.8 (Open Countryside of the Congleton Borough Local Plan First Review 2005, the National Planning Policy Framework and the emerging Development Strategy.