69 High Street, Cheadle, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST10 1AN

the conversion of the existing public house/hotel into 9 apartments

Authority: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Jones G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the vitality and viability of Cheadle town centre and the promotion of its tourism potential

What decided it

The proposed loss of the permitted pub/hotel use and introduction of residential use, particularly at ground floor level in a primary shopping frontage, would have a detrimental effect on the vitality and viability of Cheadle town centre and its tourism potential, contrary to the Local Plan's primacy for town centre uses in this location.

The benefits of housing delivery and securing the future of an at-risk listed building were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant identified harm to town centre vitality and viability and the development plan conflict.

Plan policies cited: Policy TCR 2, Policy TCR 1, Policy E 4

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