®Planning appeal decision
Little Gorsty Hill Farm, Gorsty Hill Road, Tean, Staffordshire, ST10 4EL
existing farmhouse will be completely refurbished and the low quality outbuildings will be demolished to provide 3 x new build properties
- Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Townend K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area
- the effect of the development on the living conditions of existing and future occupants, and the effect on the wider environment, from contamination
What decided it
The proposal would result in new housing in the countryside contrary to the development plan, and the significant environmental harm from the unsustainable location significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited housing benefits, such that the presumption in favour of development did not apply.
the limited housing benefits of three dwellings and economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant environmental harm from locating the development in an unsustainable location without accessible services and facilities and limited sustainable transport options, such that the presumption in favour of development did not apply
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SS10, Policy H1, Policy SD4
Judgments cited: Hartley v MHLG [1970] 1QB 413; Trustees of Castell-y-Mynach Estate v Taff-Ely BC [1985] JPL; Hughes v SSETR [2000] EWCA Civ 506
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.