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Allowed18 December 20253364510

21 Stafford Road, Cannock, WS11 4AF

Planning appeal 3364510 at 21 Stafford Road, Cannock, WS11 4AF (Cannock Chase District Council) was allowed on 18 December 2025 by Inspector Pickernell E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers.

Change of use of a former British Legion Club to a 14-bedroom HMO

Authority
Cannock Chase District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Pickernell E
Postcode
WS11 4AF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers
  • the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties
  • the effect of the proposal on the potential for anti-social behaviour in the surrounding area
  • the effect of the proposed development on the integrity of protected species

What decided it

The absence of convincing evidence that the proposal would result in increased anti-social behaviour, combined with the acceptable living conditions for future occupiers and neighbours, and the effective mitigation of impacts on the protected habitat site through CIL contributions, justified allowing the appeal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP3 of the Cannock Chase Local Plan (Part 1) (Adopted 2014)

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