Planning appeal decision
Land Rear of The Royal Oak, High Street, Dilhorne, Staffordshire, ST10 2PE
Planning appeal 3324543 at Land Rear of The Royal Oak, High Street, Dilhorne, Staffordshire, ST10 2PE (Staffordshire Moorlands District Council) was allowed on 29 February 2024 by Inspector Cooper P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy.
erection of a detached dwellinghouse
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cooper P
- Postcode
- ST10 2PE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of an adjacent residential dwelling (Briardale)
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness or any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development within the Green Belt
What decided it
The identification of the appeal site as infill development within the Green Belt, which is an exception to inappropriate development, combined with the absence of material harm to openness or neighbouring living conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS10Policy DC1
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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