®Planning appeal decision
Former Site of Bridge Cross Garage, Cannock Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, WS7 1JY
Planning appeal 3346936 at Former Site of Bridge Cross Garage, Cannock Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, WS7 1JY (Lichfield District Council) was allowed on 26 March 2025 by Inspector Sibley G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether it has been demonstrated that the proposal would have an acceptable effect on healthcare infrastructure.
erection of 3 storey, 72-bed dementia care home with community hub room and associated car parking / access arrangements
- Authority
- Lichfield District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Sibley G
- Postcode
- WS7 1JY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether it has been demonstrated that the proposal would have an acceptable effect on healthcare infrastructure
- whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed use
- whether the Unilateral Undertaking and the obligations therein are necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms, directly related to the development and are fairly related in scale and kind
What decided it
The Council's withdrawal of all reasons for refusal, combined with the acceptability of the on-site clinical surgery facility to address healthcare infrastructure impacts and the site's compliance with development plan policies supporting residential and mixed-use development in the town centre.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 4 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2015Policy NR3 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2015Policy CP8 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2015Policy CP4 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2015Policy ST1 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2015Policy Burntwood 3 of the Lichfield District Local Plan AllocationsPolicy B1 of the Burntwood Neighbourhood Development Plan 2021Policy B2 of the Lichfield District Local Plan AllocationsPolicy B3 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Allocations
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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