PLANS to bulldoze a building at a Lymm farm and use others for employment purposes look set to be refused.

The council says the proposals for Agden Brook Farm, off Lymm Road, are an inappropriate form of development in the green belt.

Cheshire East council’s planning officers also say the proposal would remove the existing farmyard appearance and detract from the rural character and setting of the site, through a car and HGV dominated use.

The proposed uses for the site are stated to be research and development of products or processes, industrial processes and general industrial, excluding incineration purposes, chemical treatment or landfill or hazardous waste.

The access to the site would be widened for larger vehicles.

The case officer’s report states: “In terms of whether the proposal would preserve the openness of the green belt, [there are] very limited details of how the proposed uses would operate.”

The council has received no objections to the application.

The case officer acknowledges there are benefits to the scheme but states: “The benefits of the application are the re-use of agricultural buildings and the creation of jobs – stated to be 15 jobs on the application form, but which require 96 parking spaces – in the local area.

“However, given the very limited scale of the nearest settlements, it is likely most employees would travel from larger settlements further afield creating an unsustainable pattern of development by drawing people away from the more accessible locations.”

The application is due to considered by the northern planning committee on Wednesday, August 21.

The meeting takes place at 10am at Macclesfield Town Hall.