09/0233/FUL Residential devlopment - 11 Units, Land between Mill Street & Queen Street
Meeting: 13/05/2009 - Southern Planning Committee (Item 17)
17 09/0233/FUL Residential devlopment - 11 Units, Land between Mill Street & Queen Street 
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To consider the above planning application.
Minutes:
Note: Mr W J Eardley (an objector) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.
The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application.
RESOLVED – That the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:
1. Insufficient information has been submitted with the application in order to justify the loss of an existing employment site. The applicant has not made reasonable attempts to market the property for employment uses and has failed to demonstrate that there would be substantial planning benefits that would outweigh the loss of the site for employment purposes. The proposal is thereby contrary to Policies GR1 and E10 of the adopted Congleton Borough Local Plan First Review.
2. The proposed development fails to achieve an adequate quality of design to justify approval of planning permission. In reaching this conclusion regard was had to the siting, design and layout of the proposed dwellings. It is therefore concluded that the proposal would detract from the character and appearance of the area, within which the site is located and would be contrary to PPS1, RSS Policy DP7 and Local Plan Policies GR1 and GR2 of the adopted Congleton Borough Local Plan First Review which seek to promote high quality and inclusive design.