®Planning appeal decision
The Hermitage Ipstones Bank, Froghall, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST10 2HQ
‘Conversion of barn to holiday accommodation’ without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 04/01361/FUL (SMD/2004/0970), dated 20 January 2005
- Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Bromley N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the condition is reasonable and necessary, having regard to whether the appeal proposal accords with the development plan strategy for housing and would be in a sustainable location
- whether the living conditions of future occupiers of the accommodation would be acceptable, with regard to the provision of outdoor amenity space
- the effect of the proposal on the supply of visitor accommodation in the area
What decided it
The adverse impacts of locating permanent residential dwellings in an unsustainable rural location with poor access to services and facilities, combined with inadequate private outdoor amenity space for permanent occupation, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of securing a permanent use for the listed building and contributing to housing supply.
The adverse impacts of the proposal, including conflict with development plan policies on sustainable location and residential amenity, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of securing a permanent use for the listed building and contributing to housing supply, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SS10, Policy H1, Policy T1, Policy DC1, Policy DC2, Policy E4, Policy SS11
Judgments cited: Freddie Reid v Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities & Newark and Sherwood DC [2022] EWHC 3116 (Admin)
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