®Planning appeal decision
Land to East of Woodside, Baldwins Gate, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 5DA
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
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
Framework references: 187, 193, 58
Plan policies cited: Policy H1, Policy HG1, Policy CSP1, Policy N3, Policy NE1, Policy N4, Policy N12, Policy CSP4
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.