®Planning appeal decision
The Four Ashes Inn, Station Drive, Four Ashes , Straffordshire, WV10 7BU
the demolition of modern extensions to the public house and conversion of its historic elements to two dwellings, erection of seven dwellings, associated parking access, parking and landscaping, and retention of playing fields, play area, pavilion and car park
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Plenty B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the proposed use would be in a suitable location with respect to local and national spatial planning policies
- Whether the proposal has demonstrated that the public house is no longer economically viable
- Whether the proposed development would function well, with respect to the design of the scheme and the noise impact from the adjacent highway
- Whether the proposed development would affect the integrity of the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
- If the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether any harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances to justify it
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would significantly reduce its openness through a 121% increase in floorspace dispersed across the site, and this harm is not clearly outweighed by other considerations to justify very special circumstances.
Framework references: 11, 69, 142, 143, 153, 154, 209
Plan policies cited: CS Policy GB1, CS Core Policy 1, CS Policy EV9, CS Policy EQ11, CS Policy EQ9, CS Policy EQ2
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