Darlaston Roundabout At Junction With A51 , North Darlaston, ST15 0PX

the demolition of existing Public House and Children's Indoor Play warehouse with redevelopment of the site to provide 24hr petrol filling station accessed from A34 comprising new forecourt with canopy (3 starter gate for car), underground tanks, 4 no car jet wash bays, 1 no car wash, 1 no vac/air bay, parking (15 customer car spaces and 4 cycle), 8no covered EVC bays (with solar PV to roof), landscaping / picnic area and sales building (total 465 GEA sqm / 421 sqm GIA) including store, office, w/c and convenience store with ancillary food counter together with ATM

Authority: Stafford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Plenty B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to the safety of pedestrians and cyclists accessing the site

What decided it

The proposal's reduced impact on Green Belt openness, combined with its compliance with highway safety objectives when taken as a whole and the overriding economic and social benefits of site regeneration and roadside services, outweighed the limited highway safety concerns regarding pedestrian and cyclist access.

Framework references: 11, 56, 104, 105, 110, 112, 137, 149, 180

Plan policies cited: Policy T1(h) of The Plan for Stafford Borough [2014]

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