Side Farm, Cotton Bank, Cotton, Staffordshire, ST10 3DU

Planning appeal 6003240 at Side Farm, Cotton Bank, Cotton, Staffordshire, ST10 3DU (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 site is an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to the development strategy for the area.

siting of 4 no. glamping pods for overnight guest use, partially covered external timber decking, associated footpaths, improvements to permeable track, new parking & turning area, secure bicycle storage, recycling/refuse storage, new septic tank, and associated works

Authority: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Townend K
Postcode: ST10 3DU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site is an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to the development strategy for the area
the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
the effect of the proposal on biodiversity

What decided it

The appeal site's poor connectivity to services, facilities and public transport by means other than the private car makes it an unsuitable location for tourist accommodation under the development plan strategy.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SS10Policy SS11Policy E4Policy DC1Policy DC3Policy NE1

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

9 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in Staffordshire Moorlands

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

Allowed9 June 20266003656
The Twigg, Roughcote Lane, Caverswall, ST11 9ET
Allowed21 November 20253366600
Oakamoor Forest Lodges Ltd, Little Ranger Dimmingsdale, Oakamoor, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 3AS
Dismissed17 September 20253368361
Banktop Farm Bank Top Holiday Cottages, Dilhorne, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 2PN
Dismissed26 June 20253358820
The Hermitage Ipstones Bank, Froghall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 2HQ
Dismissed2 May 20253354499
The Green Man, Ashbourne Road, Bottomhouse, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 7QJ

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.