®Planning appeal decision
Land at Oakamoor Road, Cheadle, Staffordshire, ST10 1SS
an application for outline planning permission for the erection of up to 48 no. dwellings
- Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Mageean A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the settings of heritage assets
- The effect of the proposal on the landscape and visual character of the area
- Whether the proposals conflict with the provisions of the development plan and, if so, whether any conflict and harm arising would be outweighed by other material considerations
What decided it
The significant weight attributable to the delivery of open market and affordable housing, in the context of a substantial shortfall in the Council's five-year housing land supply, outweighed the identified heritage and landscape harms.
The minor less-than-substantial heritage harm to Hales Hall and the moderate harm to the setting of the non-designated Pool, together with moderate adverse landscape and visual effects, were outweighed by the significant benefits of housing delivery (including affordable housing) and moderate economic and environmental benefits, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied and the appeal was allowed.
Framework references: 11, 58, 76, 78, 135, 187, 202, 212, 215, 216
Plan policies cited: Policy DC 1, Policy DC 2, Policy DC 3, Policy H 1, Policy H 3, Policy SS 1, Policy SS 2, Policy SS 4, Policy SS 7, Policy SS 10, Policy SS 12, Policy C 1, Policy C 2, Policy T 1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.