®Planning appeal decision
Land at Blythe Park , Sandon Road, Cresswell , Staffordshire
outline planning application with all matters reserved (save access) for creation of up to 168 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), up to 33,480 square metres of Use Class B1, B2 and B8 floorspace, ancillary uses to include community centre and a shop (Use Class A1), together with highway works, landscaping, public realm, car parking and other associated works without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref SMD/2018/0789, dated 27 July 2021
- Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Watson S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Highway safety
- The living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with regard to noise and pollution
What decided it
The proposed junction alterations would result in highway risks very similar to the approved roundabouts, with no substantive evidence demonstrating T-junctions are less safe, and traffic levels would not significantly increase beyond the extant permission.
Framework references: 111, 130, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy DC1, Policy T1
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