Whiston Hall Golf Club, Black Lane, Whiston, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 2HZ

Planning appeal 3309457 at Whiston Hall Golf Club, Black Lane, Whiston, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 2HZ (Staffordshire County Council) was allowed on 5 March 2024 by Inspector Coyne C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development is compatible with nearby uses having regard to its effect on local amenity and the environment in relation to noise, dust, water pollution, highway safety and visual impact.

remodelling of existing golf course to improve on-site water management, accessibility, and player safety through the importation of engineering materials to regrade and reprofile part of the existing golf course, with the construction of new attenuation and irrigation ponds, erection of an associated pump house and proposed landscaping and tree planting

Authority: Staffordshire County Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Coyne C
Postcode: ST10 2HZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development is compatible with nearby uses having regard to its effect on local amenity and the environment in relation to noise, dust, water pollution, highway safety and visual impact
Whether it has been sufficiently demonstrated that the proposal is reasonable, necessary, comprehensive, detailed, practicable and achievable within the timescale envisaged

What decided it

The proposal accords with the development plan and the Framework when read as a whole, with adverse impacts sufficiently mitigated by conditions and the benefits (particularly health and accessibility improvements) outweighing any residual impacts.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 1.1Policy 1.3Policy 1.4Policy 1.6Policy 4.1Policy 4.2Policy SS 11Policy SD 4Policy SD 5Policy DC 1Policy DC 2Policy DC 3Policy NE 1Development and Management Principles 8.1Development and Management Principles 8.2Development and Management Principles 8.3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 12Paragraph 55Paragraph 56Paragraph 102Paragraph 217

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