®Planning appeal decision
Little Blakeley, Lane Farm, Blakeley Lane, Dilhorne, Stoke on Trent, ST10 2PT
without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land, shown in the approximate area edged blue on the attached map numbered EN01A, from an agricultural use to a mixed use consisting of: the storage and sale of builders materials, garden and landscaping materials/supplies, secondhand plant and machinery, firewood and food products; the storage and hire of groundworks vehicles, equipment, machinery and plant; and the ancillary parking of vehicles ("the Change of Use")
- Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing significant harm to openness and rural character, and the appellants failed to demonstrate very special circumstances that would clearly outweigh this harm.
Framework references: 142, 143, 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy SS10, Policy DC1, Policy DC3
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