Issue - meetings

Former Hollands Garden Centre

Meeting: 28/08/2013 - Northern Planning Committee (Item 39)

39 13/2143M - Variation of condition 3 (restriction of caravans for holiday occupation only) and condition 4 (restriction of occupation of caravans during any year) of approval 10/1711M to provide on-site staff accommodation at the Former Hollands Garden Centre, Congleton Road, Gawsworth; for Tony Loverage PDF 304 KB

To consider the above application.

Minutes:

Note: The Planning Officer read a statement that had been submitted by Councillor L Smetham, the Ward Councillor, who had registered her intention to address the Committee on this matter but was not in attendance at the meeting.

Note: Ms L Dowd attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on behalf of the applicant.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and a written update.

RESOLVED – That, contrary to the planning officer’s recommendation for approval, the application be REFUSED for the following reason:

Insufficient justification has been submitted to demonstrate that there is an essential need for the manager of the caravan park to live on the site. In coming to this conclusion regard has also been had to the fact that the site is not yet established or operating as a caravan park. It is therefore considered contrary to policies GC5, GC6 and RT13 in the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan 2004 that seek to restrict development in the countryside and advice contained in the National Planning Policy Framework.