®Planning appeal decision
1 Ash Bank Road, Werrington, ST2 9DS
erection of a detached dwelling
- Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- ST2 9DS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use, and amount of development, with particular regard to whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effects of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
- If inappropriate development, 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 proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harmfully reduce its openness, and the modest benefits of delivering a single dwelling do not clearly outweigh this substantial harm to justify very special circumstances.
The moderate and limited weight given to the benefits of housing delivery and sustainable location did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness, and therefore very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 143, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy SS10, Policy H1
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.