13/3582C Land adjacent to Upper Thurlwood Locks, Rode Heath, Cheshire: Construction of four dwellings for
Meeting: 16/10/2013 - Southern Planning Committee (Item 83)
PDF 518 KBTo consider the above planning application.
Minutes:
Note: Prior to consideration of this application, the meeting was adjourned for five minutes for a break.
Note: Having declared that he knew the applicant’s representative, Councillor D Marren withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this item.
Note: Councillor A Barratt (Ward Councillor), Mr G Roberts (on behalf of Odd Rode Parish Council), Mr C Bigley (objector), Mr B Moseley (supporter) and Mr P Ancell (on behalf of the applicant) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.
The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and a written update. The Principal Planning Officer also clarified the definition of brownfield land in the NPPF and reported that the closest neighbours to the proposed new dwellings would be 80 metres away, not 150 metres away as stated in the officer’s report.
RESOLVED – That the application be REFUSED for the following reason:
The erection of 4 detached, residential properties on this site is considered the have a greater impact upon the openness of the Green Belt than the existing derelict buildings, of which there are 2. As such, it is considered that the proposed the development would be contrary Policy H6 (Residential Development in the Open Countryside and the Green Belt) and Policy PS7 (Green Belt) of the Congleton Borough Local Plan First Review 2005 and the Green Belt policies within the NPPF.