Land adjacent Langley Cricket Club, Cock Hall Lane, Langley, Macclesfield (PIP one dwelling)

6010253·Cheshire East·28 Sept 2026dismissed·26/0446/PIP

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶31

“key services and amenities”

Summary

Permission in principle for one dwelling on a field beyond the edge of Langley, near Macclesfield, in the Green Belt. Grey belt and unmet need (3.3-year supply) were undisputed, but GB7(1)(g)(iii) failed: the walk to the village bus stop is on an unlit, footway-free lane at the national speed limit, and a Connectivity Tool score of 25 came with no useful detail. Small scale did not help. As inappropriate development with significant openness harm, significant housing weight did not clearly outweigh. Dismissed.

The location finding

GB7(1)(g)(iii): fail. bus stop about 550 m in the village; route beyond the village edge unlit, no footways, national speed limit, incline, little refuge; supermarkets, GP and station (about 4.5 km) in Macclesfield; heavy car reliance notwithstanding small scale (DL 12-23)
TR3: fail. TR3(2) Connectivity Tool score of 25 with little detail given no weight; TR3 does not displace development plan considerations; local accessibility policies SD 1 and SD 2 broadly consistent with TR3 (DL 12-14, 19)

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. policy wording.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010253.txt

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