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Dismissed9 February 20266001746

Robins Nest Farm, Dirty Foot Lane, Lower Penn, Staffordshire, WV4 4UQ

Planning appeal 6001746 at Robins Nest Farm, Dirty Foot Lane, Lower Penn, Staffordshire, WV4 4UQ (South Staffordshire District Council) was dismissed on 9 February 2026 by Inspector Guest H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the Framework, including whether the appeal site would be an appropriate location for the proposal with regards to the Council's spatial strategy for the area, with particular regard to its accessibility to local facilities and services.

conversion of 1no. previously approved detached dwelling into 2no. semi detached dwellings

Authority
South Staffordshire District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Guest H
Postcode
WV4 4UQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the Framework, including whether the appeal site would be an appropriate location for the proposal with regards to the Council's spatial strategy for the area, with particular regard to its accessibility to local facilities and services
  • the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • on the basis that the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing significant harm to openness, and although it would contribute to housing supply in a district with chronic shortfall, these benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm and the conflict with the spatial strategy.

The significant benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in a district with only 0.87 years housing land supply were not sufficient to clearly outweigh the substantial weight afforded to harm from inappropriateness and openness of the Green Belt, and the additional harm from conflict with the spatial strategy.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GB1Core Policy 1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 109Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 116Paragraph 117Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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