®Planning appeal decision
Land east of Greenway Hall Road, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 9PW
Application for permission in principle for the erection of 3 - 6 dwellings
- Authority
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- McDonagh C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is suitable in principle for residential development, having particular regard to its location in the green belt
- Whether or not the proposal would constitute inappropriate development
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the green belt
- Whether any harm to the green belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposed developments
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the green belt with significant harm to openness, and the limited housing and economic benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial weight that must be given to green belt harm, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
The limited housing contribution of 3-6 dwellings and modest economic benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial weight given to harm to the green belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to its openness.
Framework references: 11, 109, 110, 115, 142, 153, 154, 155
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