®Planning appeal decision
2 Breach Road, Brown Edge, Staffordshire, ST6 8QG
Planning appeal 3345115 at 2 Breach Road, Brown Edge, Staffordshire, ST6 8QG (Staffordshire Moorlands District Council) was dismissed on 14 October 2024 by Inspector Hughes L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
new two-bedroom detached bungalow
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
- Postcode
- ST6 8QG
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS1Policy H1Policy DC1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 135
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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