A second planning application to build a gypsy site on green belt land to the north west of Moor Lane will be discussed at a meeting of the Planning Committee of Wilmslow Town Council next week.
This new application, reference 12/4247M, is a resubmission of controversial plans which were refused in July.
Green Planning Solutions has submitted the application on behalf of Mr John Allan, for the use of the 0.46 hectare site for stationing caravans for residential purposes, additional hard standing and a utility/day room.
The Planning Committee meeting will be held in the rear meeting room at Wilmslow Methodist Church on Water Lane, starting at 7.30pm on Monday, 26th November.
The planning application, reference 12/4247M, can be viewed on the Cheshire East Council website.
The last date for submitting comments is 12th December and a decision is expected to be made by 1st January 2013.
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Make sure you lodge (with Cheshire East) any objection you may have to this application. If you objected last time, that objection is not valid against this new application as it 'died' when the last application failed. You need to object again to this specific application!
You can object on line here: http://bit.ly/Ujf9KD
Earler this year the Government issued a planning policy document for Traveller sites, which is very specific on the subject of sites within the Green Belt. The following clauses are particularly relevant.
Clause 14. Inappropriate development is harmful to the Green Belt and should not be approved, except in very special circumstances. Traveller sites (temporary or permanent) in the Green Belt are inappropriate development.
Clause 15 Green Belt boundaries should be altered only in exceptional circumstances. If a local planning authority wishes to make an exceptional limited alteration to the defined Green Belt boundary (which might be to accommodate a site inset within the Green Belt) to meet a specific, identified need for a traveller site, it should do so only through the plan-making process and not in response to a planning application. If land is removed from the Green Belt in this way, it should be specifically allocated in the development plan as a traveller site only.
If you would like to object to this application, you can do so on the Cheshire East Council web site
http://planning.cheshireeast.gov.uk/ApplicationSearch.aspx
Just enter the reference number 12/4247M in the “Search Criteria” box and click on the link within the "Available Actions" box.