®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Farcroft, Manor Road, Baldwins Gate, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 5ET
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 57, 62, 79, 105
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1 of the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy 2006-2026 (2009)
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