Crossways Farm, Blakelow Road , Onecote, Staffordshire, ST13 7SF

construction of a portal frame agricultural style building and change of use to B2 general industrial, B8 Storage and Distribution / Sui Generis to use the proposed buildings for handling and storage plant of animal by-products and derived products

Authority: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Castle S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, including the setting of the Peak District National Park
the effect of odours generated by the development on local tourism
whether the proposal accords with development plan policies relating to the location of employment development in the district

What decided it

The development would result in significant landscape character and visual harm to the setting of the National Park and conflicts with the Council's spatial strategy for rural areas, and there are no material considerations that outweigh this conflict with the development plan.

Framework references: 180, 182

Plan policies cited: SS10, SS11, DC3, E1, SD4, SS1, T1

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