Woodford Planning Application | Cheshire East Council | 23/0201M | REFUSAL | Proposed 2-storey rear and side extension | Blossoms Lane
Planning Refusal | Single and Two-Storey Extension | Semi-detached Cottage | Blossoms Lane
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The reason given for this planning refusal is The proposed rear and side extensions would by virtue of their size, siting and design, form a disproportionate addition to the property to the detriment of the visual character of the host dwelling and the surrounding area. The application is for addition of a single and 2-storey extension to a semi-detached cottage currently in open countryside, and on that basis, it would not be surprising to find that this addition is out of scale with the existing. The officer's report however identifies a series of other considerations. These cottages appear to be remote, and were previously in greenbelt, but the greenbelt allocation was removed in 2017, and all of the land to the north was allocated as part of the proposed North Cheshire Garden Village, which basically means that in due course the cottages will no longer be isolated, but on the edge of a major development.
A further consideration is that the applicant already has a lapsed planning permission for land to the west, which is the white land and detached garage on the bottom left of the image below. This has now been re-submitted and is under consideration for approval again. We can see that the adjacent cottage has been extended to the east with a single storey, the footprint of the proposed extension has already been established with wall to the right of the white car.
If you look at the size of the plot defined as Bluebell cottage, and the one for Primrose Cottage, and then the additional left hand plot, then they are all of a similar size, they do not appear to be too cramped.
PAPA SAYS - This scheme might be successful at appeal but if the applicant would like a quicker approval, then the proposal could be reduced in scale slightly and probably would gain the support of the planning officers. We suspect that in a few years time, when the new Garden Village becomes established, this will no longer be a planning issue, and so it could be waiting game.
