®Planning appeal decision
Butterton Stud And Racing Stables, Park Road, Butterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 4DZ
application for permission in principle for the erection of 5 - 6 dwellings
- Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the sites are suitable for residential development, having regard to their location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
- Whether the proposals would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
- Whether the appeal sites would be appropriate locations for the proposed development having regard to the Council's development plan policies
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposals
What decided it
The proposals fail to meet the sustainability criterion in NPPF paragraph 155 because future occupiers would be reliant on private cars to access services and facilities, and the sites do not prioritise sustainable transport modes as required by NPPF paragraphs 110 and 115.
The moderate but important contribution to housing supply was outweighed by the harm to the Green Belt and the conflict with development plan policies, as Green Belt protection is a specific policy that restricts development under NPPF paragraph 11d footnote 7.
Framework references: 11, 49, 110, 115, 143, 154, 155, 156, 157
Plan policies cited: Policy PSD1, Policy PSD4, Policy PSD5
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.