®Planning appeal decision
2 Breach Road, Brown Edge, Staffordshire, ST6 8QG
new two-bedroom detached bungalow
- Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the living conditions of future occupiers with regard to access to private external amenity space
- the living conditions of the occupiers of 2 Breach Road (No 2) and 4 Breach Road (No 4) with regard to outlook
What decided it
The substantial and long-lasting harm to the character and appearance of the area, combined with harm to the living conditions of both future and neighbouring occupiers, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of contributing one dwelling to housing supply.
The benefits of housing delivery and economic activity (moderate weight) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial harms to character and appearance and to the living conditions of future and neighbouring occupiers (substantial weight), such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy H1, Policy DC1
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.