Plans to build 12 holiday lets on the outskirts of Wilmslow are due to be determined by the Northern Planning Committee next week.
In 2021 Mr Cummins has applied for the change of use of the Green Belt agricultural site which forms part of Saltersley Hall Farm and is accessed from Burleyhurst Lane. The fields would then accommodate 12 lodges, which would meet the legal definition of a caravan and therefore not present permanent structures. Each lodge would have a private driveway with parking for 3 cars and additional hardstanding around the lodge.
The Planning Officer is recommending the application (ref 21/3983M) for refusal at the Northern Planning Committee meeting on Wednesday 5th July stating "The proposed development would represent inappropriate development, which reduces openness and encroaches into the countryside. It is not deemed that other material considerations exist to clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and the other harm identified."
The plans can be viewed on the Cheshire East Council website by searching for planning reference 21/3983M.
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There are a few clues as to why it isn't.
1. There are NO wheels.
2. Even if it had some it would take a tank to tow it along the road.
3. Anyway, assuming it could be got onto the nearest road it would be too wide and occupy both carriageways.
4. The only suitable road would be a motorway where it would block all 3 lanes and cause enormous traffic jams.
5. It doesn't look like any caravan I have seen and certainly nothing like the one, with seagulls dancing on the roof, we had a family holiday in near Rhyl when I was 8 years old.
So will the planning people get their act together and refuse this application or prove to the rest of us that you don’t have a clue, are governed and misguided by pathetic ‘rules’ that anyone can bypass to get what they want - all totally against the spirit of how the community you represent is supposed to evolve and become the sort of place in which most of us wish to live.
Try towing this behind a car on the M6 and see how far you would get!
Normally, recommended refusals do not go to the Northern Planning committee. Instead, the councillor withdraws their request for the hearing (their Call-In), so the officers decision to refuse stands unhindered.
However, I suspect this is still going ahead because of the change in Mobberley councillors. The previous councillor would have ‘Called-In’ this application but the new councillor may not have the power to withdraw it or else they are not yet up to speed to do so.
However, with the planning officer recommending refusal, I would be staggered if the committee overruled them to approve it.
Cllr Mark Goldsmith
Residents of Wilmslow
Wilmslow West & Chorley
Essentially, the idea has been abandoned by the applicant.
While, it means there is no formal refusal, it also means there is no course of appeal either.
Therefore, this proposal is definitely not happening.