Disagreement Over Cheshire East Legal Judgment

Cheshire East Council announced this week that they have secured a landmark ruling in the Supreme Court to better protect residents from speculative housing developments.

However, the Cheshire East Labour Group has dismissed the claims, arguing instead that the ruling opens the way for house building on Green Belt land.

Cheshire East Council said the decision will significantly strengthen local and neighbourhood planning policies, leaving planners to re-think the rulebook.

The council states that the ruling, which comes at the end of a three year legal battle, vindicates its position that the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was being applied incorrectly, and that this undermined local decisions as to where development should and should not be allowed.

However, Cheshire East Labour Group said:

"An in depth reading of the Supreme Court ruling on 10 May that allowed permission for 150 houses on Green Gap land in Willaston has revealed that no land is now safe from speculative housing applications, whether it is Green Belt, Green Gap or even a heritage site. The ruling makes clear that if the local authority does not have a 5-year housing land supply then planning permission must be granted on almost any site."

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