10/4539N Construction of a Single Storey Building to be Used for B1 (Office/Light Industrial) and B8 (Storage and Distribution) Purposes, 416, Newcastle Road, Shavington, CW2 5EB for Mr J Parton
Meeting: 02/02/2011 - Southern Planning Committee (Item 154)
PDF 468 KBTo consider the above planning application.
Minutes:
Notes: Having called in the application, Councillor D Brickhill was in attendance at the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter as Ward Councillor for Doddington and as a Parish Representative on behalf of Hough and Chorlton Parish Council and Shavington Parish Council.
Mr N Smith (the Applicant’s Agent) was also in attendance and addressed the Committee on the application.
The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application.
Note: At this point in the proceedings, Councillor J Jones declared a personal interest in the application in that he knew the applicant well. He stated that he would take no further part in the discussion and would abstain from voting.
RESOLVED: That, contrary to the Planning Officer’s recommendation to approve, the application be REFUSED for the following reason -
The Local Planning Authority considers that the proposed development for B1/B8 use is not an essential form of development within the open countryside. The provision of this building on the site, currently used in part for car parking, would encroach further into the open countryside to the detriment of the character and appearance of the open countryside. As a result to allow the proposed development would be contrary to Policy NE.2 (Open Countryside) of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich Replacement Local Plan 2011, which only allows for “essential” development in the open countryside.