Planning appeal decision
Rakeway Farm Rakeway Road, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1RA
Planning appeal 3341534 at Rakeway Farm Rakeway Road, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1RA (Staffordshire Moorlands District Council) was allowed on 23 October 2024 by Inspector Hughes L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development in respect to Paragraph Q.1(i) of the GPDO.
prior approval for conversion and alteration of former agricultural building to form 1no. dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hughes L
- Postcode
- ST10 1RA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development in respect to Paragraph Q.1(i) of the GPDO
- If the proposal is found to constitute permitted development, the effect of the design and external appearance, location and siting of the building on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The structural engineers' report demonstrating the building was sufficiently robust to allow conversion without reconstruction, combined with the assessment that the proposed external appearance would not harm the character and appearance of the rural area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
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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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