Land off Mill Lane , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0BN

full planning application for the erection of 5 dwellings with associated means of access and hard and soft landscaping works”

Authority: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Robinson N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The site forms part of the settlement of Wetley Rocks rather than open countryside for Green Belt purposes, and the erection of 5 dwellings represents limited infilling in a village, making the development not inappropriate in the Green Belt.

Framework references: 154

Plan policies cited: Policy SS10, Policy H1, Policy H3

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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