®Planning appeal decision
Stone House Farm Hill, Woodside, Baldwin’s Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 5EB
- Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Vyse J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development proposed on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the development on highway safety, including whether the proposed access arrangement would be safe and suitable for all users
- whether this would be a suitable site for housing with regard to the accessibility of services and facilities for future residents
What decided it
The substantial harm to the character and appearance of the rural area and the potentially unacceptable highway safety impacts, when weighed against the modest housing and economic benefits under the tilted balance, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The modest benefits of housing supply, economic benefits from construction and occupation, biodiversity net gain, and a proposed off-road footpath were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial harm to character and appearance and potentially unacceptable highway safety impacts, resulting in the proposal not representing sustainable development under paragraph 11d) of the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 116
Plan policies cited: Core Spatial Strategy policy CSP1, Core Spatial Strategy policy SP3, Core Spatial Strategy policies ASP6 and SP1, Local Plan policy H1, Neighbourhood Plan policy DC2, Chapel and Hill Chorlton, Maer and Aston, and Whitmore Neighbourhood Plan policy HG1
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.