19/5661M REFUSED: Replacement House

Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge | Cheshire East Planning Application

Another planning refusal by Cheshire East. This planning application has been 3 years in the making. Submitted in Dec 2019 and finally refused in November 2022, clearly a sensitive scheme in a conservation area, a high value area of large detached houses. 

This planning application has been 3 years in the making.

View full planning application here.

Clearly, there is a sensitivity to demolishing a house within a Conservation  Area, but this one appears to have been extended and altered quite poorly over the years, and therefore a high-quality replacement would actually benefit the area. 

The plan above shows the existing house in red, with the proposed house in blue. The principal reason for refusal was that the proposal would be a visually dominant structure in an elevated position, and the orientation of the dwelling would not be commensurate with the surrounding properties. 

The positives to be taken from this are that a replacement dwelling is not an issue that can be very difficult to overcome in a conservation area. It’s the final design that needs refining and as the site is cloaked in trees that are to remain this aids in a sensitive re-plan. Back to the drawing board for the architects and some flexibility from the client and there should be a great solution and a happy ending to this one.

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