®Planning appeal decision
Grindley Business Village, Grindley, Staffordshire, ST18 0LR
Planning appeal 3280149 at Grindley Business Village, Grindley, Staffordshire, ST18 0LR (Stafford Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 October 2022 by Inspector Smith H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location, having regard to the sustainable settlement hierarchy of the local plan, and whether the proposal would conflict with the sequential approach advocated within the National Planning Policy Framework.
expansion of Grindley Business Village to provide additional office accommodation
- Authority
- Stafford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Smith H
- Postcode
- ST18 0LR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location, having regard to the sustainable settlement hierarchy of the local plan, and whether the proposal would conflict with the sequential approach advocated within the National Planning Policy Framework
What decided it
The proposal failed to comply with the sequential test required by paragraph 87 of the Framework and conflicted with the development plan's requirement that greenfield sites should only be released where insufficient previously developed land in sustainable locations is available.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP7Policy SP6Policy E2Policy C5Policy SP2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 87Paragraph 89
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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