Planners tv show

I watched this the first time around, mainly because one programme covered a development in Winsford that was on my parents doorstep and they were involved in objecting to it. I think in the programme, the plans were rejected but the decision was overturned on appeal and the houses are now built.

In Tattenhall (not Tatton), the brownfield site is still a brownfield site and there is no footpath on Tattenhall Road, but at least 2 of the greenfield sites have developments well under way. The Google maps aerial view of this area were updated earlier this year so if you search Tattenhall and look at the satellite view, what you see is pretty much current. The brownfield site is north of Tattenhall, on Tattenhall Road just before the railway line and opposite the salvage yard. One of the greenfield sites is on Frog Lane, the other on the North West edge of the village itself.

In the fence case, I think the planner was very tactfully trying to tell the objector that his objection was without merit; once it was pointed out that the covenant didn't prohibit fences, just fences without permission, his objection just became an appeal to the fallacy of the slippery slope. Planners can't refuse permission based on what someone else may or may not do.

I had least sympathy for the truck bloke. He must have known, or at least suspected, that his shed would need permission but decided he was above the law and built it anyway, then played the victim when he had to submit a retrospective application.