®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Farcroft, Manor Road, Baldwins Gate, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 5ET
Planning appeal 3320812 at Land Adjacent to Farcroft, Manor Road, Baldwins Gate, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 5ET (Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 November 2023 by Inspector Smith H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site would be a suitable location for housing, with particular reference to reliance on the private car.
outline planning application (all matters reserved), for a detached dwelling, self-build
- Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith H
- Postcode
- ST5 5ET
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site would be a suitable location for housing, with particular reference to reliance on the private car
What decided it
The significant harm arising from poor accessibility to local services and facilities and inevitable reliance on private motor vehicles outweighs the modest benefits of providing one self-build dwelling.
The modest benefits of providing one self-build dwelling and limited housing supply contribution are insufficient to outweigh the significant harm from poor accessibility and reliance on private motor vehicles, even under the presumption in favour of sustainable development triggered by the lack of a 5-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP1 of the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy 2006-2026 (2009)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 62Paragraph 79Paragraph 105
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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