Issue - meetings

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Councillor S Davies, the Ward Councillor, Parish Councillor P Butterill, Parish Councillor for Worleston Parish Council, Mr D Perkins, Chairman of Reaseheath and Poole Wildlife and Conservation Group, Mr M Krassowski, an objector, Mrs M Smith-Bendall, representing the applicant and Mrs S Woodbury, a supporter attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application.

RESOLVED

That the application be refused for the following reasons:-

1.               The development represents an inappropriate and unjustified visual intrusion in the open countryside due to the introduction of hardcore and the siting of caravans which is considered to have an adverse impact on the character and openness of the surrounding area contrary to the provisions of Policy NE.2 (Open Countryside) and Policy RES.5 (Housing in the Open Countryside) of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich Replacement Local Plan 2011.

2.               The application fails to provide the Local Planning Authority with sufficient information to assess the appropriate mitigating measures required for the loss of wildlife habitat contrary to the provisions of Policy NE.5 (Nature Conservation Habitats) of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich Replacement Local Plan 2011.

3.               The location of the site represents an unsustainable form of development due to the distance from local services and facilities contrary to Policy RES.13 (Sites for Gypsy and Travelling Showpeople) of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich Replacement Local Plan 2011 and the guidance contained within Circular 01/2006.

(Councillor D Hough requested that his abstention from voting on the application be noted).