Planning appeal decision
Foxes Hollow, Leigh, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4PL
Planning appeal 3272356 at Foxes Hollow, Leigh, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4PL (East Staffordshire Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 July 2021 by Inspector Rafiq F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
a change in use of a recently purchased piece of land from agricultural to residential use, enabling an extension of the garden
- Authority
- East Staffordshire Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rafiq F
- Postcode
- ST10 4PL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The extension of residential curtilage into the adjoining field would result in harmful domestication of agricultural land and unacceptable impact on the character and appearance of the rural area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Strategic Policy 1Strategic Policy 8Strategic Policy 24Detailed Policy 3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 127
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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