®Planning appeal decision
Little Gorsty Hill Farm, Gorsty Hill Road, Tean, Staffordshire, ST10 4EL
Planning appeal 6001970 at Little Gorsty Hill Farm, Gorsty Hill Road, Tean, Staffordshire, ST10 4EL (Staffordshire Moorlands District Council) was dismissed on 10 April 2026 by Inspector Townend K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area.
existing farmhouse will be completely refurbished and the low quality outbuildings will be demolished to provide 3 x new build properties
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Townend K
- Postcode
- ST10 4EL
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS10Policy H1Policy SD4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- 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
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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