®Planning appeal decision
Moneystone Quarry, Eaves Lane, Oakamoor, Staffordshire, ST10 2DZ
Planning appeal 3344014 at Moneystone Quarry, Eaves Lane, Oakamoor, Staffordshire, ST10 2DZ (Staffordshire Moorlands District Council) was allowed on 10 December 2024 by Inspector Longmuir J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the proposed details in terms of appearance, scale, layout and landscaping would harm the character and appearance of the area.
reserved matters application for details of the appearance, scale, layout and landscaping for phase 1 of the leisure development comprising 190 lodges; erection of a new central hub building (providing farm shop, gym, swimming pool, spa, restaurant, cafe, games room, visitor centre, hub management and plant areas): reuse and external alterations to the existing office building to provide housekeeping and maintenance accommodation (including meeting rooms, offices, storage, staff areas and workshop); children's play areas; multi use games area; quarry park; car parking; refuse and lighting arrangements; and managed footpaths, cycleways and bridleways set in attractive hard and soft landscaping
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- leisure-sport · Unknown
- Inspector
- Longmuir J
- Postcode
- ST10 2DZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue is whether the proposed details in terms of appearance, scale, layout and landscaping would harm the character and appearance of the area.
What decided it
The Inspector found that the detailed design of the lodges, hub building and landscaping would not harm the character and appearance of the area and that the proposal therefore accorded with the development plan as a whole.
the substantial economic, tourism, health and environmental benefits of the scheme, together with accordance with the development plan as a whole, outweighed the less than substantial harm identified to the setting of nearby listed buildings
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS1Policy SS11Policy DC1Policy E4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 2Paragraph 56Paragraph 57
- Judgments
- Friends of the Earth v SOSLUHC [2024] EWHC 2349 (Admin); (Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council [2024] UKSC 20; [2024] PTSR 988; R. (on the application of Swire) v Canterbury City Council [2022] EWHC 390 (Admin)
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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