College Road, Denstone, ST14 5HR

permission in principle for the erection of up to nine self-build dwellings

Authority: East Staffordshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: ST14 5HR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the location, the proposed land use and the amount of development is suitable for residential development, having particular regard to (a) the Council's development plan strategy for development, and (b) the effect on the setting of the Grade II listed building, Stone House, and adjacent non-designated heritage assets

What decided it

The considerable weight attached to the harm to the setting of the Grade II listed building Stone House and adjacent non-designated heritage assets, which is not outweighed by the public benefits of self-build housing delivery and modest economic benefits.

Framework references: 11, 14, 63, 73, 212, 213, 215

Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP2, Policy SP8, Policy SP25, Policy DP5, Policy DEN-SD2, Policy DEN-PE2

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

Town Planner Pro

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.
- Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
- Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
- Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
- Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.
Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.
Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.
Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.
The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.

Join the waiting list

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every other appeal around it, with the full reasoning summary, the letter held on file, and the case law it applies.