®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Park House, Dales Green Road, Mow Cop, Staffordshire, ST7 4RJ
Planning appeal 3273335 at Land Adjacent to Park House, Dales Green Road, Mow Cop, Staffordshire, ST7 4RJ (Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 July 2021 by Inspector Owen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
a new 3 bed detached dwelling with integral garage
- Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Owen A
- Postcode
- ST7 4RJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on openness
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
- whether this location would offer a genuine choice of sustainable modes of transport to the future occupiers of the development
- is the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, clearly outweighed by other considerations and if so, does this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The inability to secure a safe visibility splay for the access, combined with the inappropriateness of the development in the Green Belt and significant harm to openness, could not be outweighed by the personal circumstances or sustainable location factors.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and to openness, together with harm to highway safety, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations; the sustainable transport access carried neutral weight.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S3Policy CSP6Policy CSP9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 145Paragraph 143Paragraph 144Paragraph 108Paragraph 103Paragraph 11
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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