®Planning appeal decision
Land to East of Woodside, Baldwins Gate, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 5DA
Planning appeal 3369116 at Land to East of Woodside, Baldwins Gate, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 5DA (Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council) was allowed on 16 October 2025 by Inspector Webb B, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to (a) access to services, facilities and employment, (b) best and most versatile agricultural land, and (c) ecology.
40 dwellings with associated landscaping, car parking, drainage, and other necessary supporting infrastructure
- Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Webb B
- Postcode
- ST5 5DA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to (a) access to services, facilities and employment, (b) best and most versatile agricultural land, and (c) ecology
- whether the use of waste collection points would be acceptable
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply (3.08 years), combined with the very limited weight attributable to the scheme's policy conflicts, meant the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
the adverse impacts of granting permission, including limited-weight conflicts with the development plan, would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the scheme when assessed against the Framework as a whole, so the balance favoured allowing the appeal despite conflict with parts of the development plan
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H1Policy HG1Policy CSP1Policy N3Policy NE1Policy N4Policy N12Policy CSP4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 187Paragraph 193Paragraph 58
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.