®Planning appeal decision
Portway Farm, Portway Lane, Harlaston, Nr Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 9LA
the erection of commercial building (Use Class E) to replace existing Dutch barn, erection of new building to form dog day care facility, and creation of additional car parking (Amendments to Application 20/01006/FUL)
- Authority
- Lichfield District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Plenty B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be within a suitable location having regard to local and national policies
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The retail and restaurant unit, being too large to constitute small-scale rural development, failed the sequential test for out-of-centre retail use and the site's remote location would necessitate reliance on private vehicles, creating highway safety concerns and conflicting with the development plan's spatial strategy.
Framework references: 91, 92, 95
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 3, Core Policy 5, Core Policy 7, Policy ST1, Policy NR1
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