Planning appeal decision
Green Gates Street Lane, Rode Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3SN
Planning appeal 3300264 at Green Gates Street Lane, Rode Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3SN (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 13 October 2022 by Inspector Hitchcock R, 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 revised Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
the ‘Construction of a detached dormer bungalow in garden curtilage to the side of Green Gates
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- ST7 3SN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether or not the proposal would provide a suitable location for housing
- the effect on the character and appearance of the locality
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing harm to its openness, and the personal circumstances and other considerations presented do not amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG3Policy PS7Policy PS6Policy PG6Policy SD1Policy SE1Policy SE4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 13Paragraph 149
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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