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The Planning Inspector dealing with the appeals against Cheshire East Council's refusal to grant planning permission for a new Marina in the village of Wrenbury and with respect to a separate application for another new Marina close by on the same stretch of the Llangollen Canal at Wrenbury Heath, has come down in favour of the proposal on the edge of the village conservation area, and which backs onto the Cotton Arms Pub and is close to the historic lifting bridge over the canal. Planning permission has been granted for the development subject to conditions.

The rival plan at Wrenbury Heath Bridge was refused for what the Inspector perceived as " adverse landscape and visual impacts " amongst other reasons. The decision letters dated 16 June 2015 can be viewed on the Cheshire East Planning website, reference No. 14/1579N ( Land to the North of Cholmondeley Road, Wrenbury Frith ) for the village site and reference No. 13/4049N (Land to the West of Wrenbury Heath Bridge, Nantwich Road, Wrenbury ) for the other. Or visit the planning portal website and enter the Appeal reference nos. 2228777 and 2228481 respectively into the seach facility.

 

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The "developer" of the village site, David Young, has a vested interest in the site and used barristers and anyone else who could be bought to support his application.

 

Amazingly, one of the strong points of his application was the "support of the BW marinas unit" which has said there is going to be a huge increase in demand for leisure moorings. The fact that this was about seven or eight years out of date seemed to be completely ignored by the appeals people, despite it being pointed out by several people.

He even stated that cycling wasn't permitted on "BW" towpaths - Sustrans might have something to say about that.

 

It just goes to prove it's who you know that matters. No marina in the area is full (although one of the smaller ones nearby is close to it) so one does wonder where all the boats are going to come from, even allowing for the local hire base moving in.

 

Although there was huge opposition to the proposal, most people reluctantly thought that all they could do was delay it, as it was inevitable, given the high level contacts of the applicant, that it would be bulldozed through.

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