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Allowed12 June 20233310474

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

Planning appeal 3310474 at Darlaston Roundabout At Junction With A51 , North Darlaston, ST15 0PX (Stafford Borough Council) was allowed on 12 June 2023 by Inspector Plenty B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to the safety of pedestrians and cyclists accessing the site.

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
Postcode
ST15 0PX

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy T1(h) of The Plan for Stafford Borough [2014]
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 104Paragraph 105Paragraph 110Paragraph 112Paragraph 137Paragraph 149Paragraph 180

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