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

Planning appeal 3354428 at Land off Mill Lane , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0BN (Staffordshire Moorlands District Council) was allowed on 25 March 2025 by Inspector Robinson N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode: ST9 0BN

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SS10Policy H1Policy H3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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