®Planning appeal decision
Lower Warstone Farm Old Warstone Lane, Essington, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV11 2AS
conversion of existing stables to 4 No. 2 bedroom dwellings
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development is in an appropriate location for housing, having regard to local and national policies and accessibility to services and facilities
- the effect of the proposal on the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing supply engaged the tilted balance under Paragraph 11d of the Framework, and the considerable benefit to housing supply from four dwellings outweighed the moderate harm from conflict with the spatial strategy.
The considerable benefit to housing supply from four dwellings and the small benefits from economic and social factors and enhancement of the immediate setting outweighed the moderate harm from conflict with Policy CP1's spatial strategy and the small harm from conflict with Framework guidance on sustainable transport modes.
Framework references: 11, 58, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy CP1, Policy EQ2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.