Planning appeal decision
Park House Farm, Biddulph Common Road, Biddulph, ST8 7SR
Planning appeal 3320968 at Park House Farm, Biddulph Common Road, Biddulph, ST8 7SR (Staffordshire Moorlands District Council) was dismissed on 19 January 2024 by Inspector Clowes M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
application for use of land for stationing mobile home for holiday use
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Clowes M
- Postcode
- ST8 7SR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- Whether the site is a suitable location for tourism development having regard to its accessibility to services and facilities
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt resulting in harm to openness and encroachment, combined with unsuitability as a tourism location and highway safety concerns, which are not clearly outweighed by the limited economic and health benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS10Policy SS11Policy E4Policy DC1Policy T1Policy HCT1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 114Paragraph 116Paragraph 150Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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