5 Cresswell Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3PA

Planning appeal 3320179 at 5 Cresswell Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3PA (Stoke-on-Trent City Council) was dismissed on 27 September 2023 by Inspector Hughes L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide adequate living conditions for future residents, with particular reference to external amenity space and bin and cycle storage.

Conversion of commercial garage to 1 bedroom dwelling (circa 60m2 GIA) over two storeys

Authority: Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Hughes L
Postcode: ST1 3PA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposed development would provide adequate living conditions for future residents, with particular reference to external amenity space and bin and cycle storage
the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular reference to outlook

What decided it

The lack of any private or communal outdoor amenity space for future occupiers, combined with the necessity to store bins and bicycles indoors, would provide inadequate living conditions contrary to the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CSP1 of the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy 2006-2026Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Urban Design Guide supplementary planning document

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