Mt Pleasant

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Permitted development on Mount Pleasant?

Interestingly, Tingdene Parks Ltd are hoping to add nine additional homes at Mount Pleasant Park under ‘permitted development’ through planning permission granted in the 1990’s.

This new proposal follows being refused permission for the demolition of 60 & 60a Main Road & garage blocks for 9 park homes in January 2019 (with objection from JBO).

Last day for submitting comments: 24th April 2019.

Link to Planning Application page :  19/1524M

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JBO opposes Hermitage Lane and Mt Pleasant plans

Jodrell Bank Observatory objected to two current applications in Goostrey, ‘noting that the cumulative impact of this and other developments is more significant than each development individually’.  Both applications have been refused.

12 homes proposed by Crabtree Homes Ltd on open countryside to the east of Hermitage Lane, with access off Nether Lea.  Decision expected 3rd Jan.  Link to application:  18/4980C

Mount Pleasant Residential Park (Tingdene Parks Ltd) applied for the demolition of 60 & 60a Main Road and the garage blocks to redevelop the site with 9 new park homes.    Decision expected 30th Nov. Link to CEC planning page:  18/4510C 

JBO

The Lovell radio telescope

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Sign petition asking for a pause in planning decisions

Villages like Goostrey are joining together to sign a petition to “Put on hold for 12 months decisions by the Planning Inspectorate in respect of the speculative developments by Gladman and others which are outside the settlement boundaries of the old District Plan and which are being pursued because the new Local District Plan has not yet been finalised”.

” I am asking you to please support my campaign to halt for a 12 month period decisions by the Planning Inspectorate on  these green field sites where building would not normally have been permitted under the old Local Plans and allow the democratic procedure to draw to a conclusion. Sites that accord with the NPPF and are identified in the Local Plan should ensure that sites outside the new settlement boundaries will be better protected by local plan policies and supported by the local communities. This approach will more closely reflect the Localism agenda in a meaningful and consistent manner. PLEASE VOTE to help my community and the many others similarly affected to determine our own future.”

Read the petition to Eric Pickles and sign here:  https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-developers-having-it-all-thei-own-way

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Dromedary Lodge/Mount Pleasant refused.

The planning application for 25 houses on the fields behind Mount Pleasant has been refused by the Southern Planning Committee.  The committee followed the planning officer’s recommendation and decided that it would represent an unsustainable form of development in the planning balance: due to the adverse impact on Jodrell Bank Observatory as well as impact on the landscape.
Professor Garrington addressed the committee on the cumulative nature of the impact of all the proposed housing in Goostrey on the telescope, even stating that their research on pulsars has already been affected by interference.  The committee were very influenced by his arguments against further development.
The second reason was hotly debated – sustainability and the landscape impact of the proposal – however the planning committee decided to refuse on the additional grounds of landscape, with the impact on the public footpath being highlighted.

The objectors also had very good support from Councillors Peter Godfrey and Andrew Kolker.
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Dromedary/Mt Pleasant refusal recommended

CEC planner recommends that the 14/1147C planning application for 25 houses at Dromedary Lodge/Mount Pleasant be refused permission on Wednesday 17th December.  Whilst acknowledging that CEC cannot demonstrate a 5yr housing supply…

“The adverse effects of the impact upon the internationally important telescope is considered to outweigh the benefits of the scheme, which therefore represents an unsustainable form of development in the planning balance.”

Read the full CEC proposal and recommendation.