®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to the Hollies, Hilderstone, ST15 8RT
Planning appeal 6007471 at Land Adjacent to the Hollies, Hilderstone, ST15 8RT (Stafford) was dismissed on 3 July 2026 by Inspector H Wilkinson, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and amount of development proposed with particular reference to the spatial strategy for the area including access to services and facilities.
the erection of two low carbon self-build houses with associated works
- Authority
- Stafford
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- H Wilkinson
- Postcode
- ST15 8RT
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 proposed with particular reference to the spatial strategy for the area including access to services and facilities
What decided it
The appeal site's location outside the Sustainable Settlement Hierarchy, combined with the absence of key services within the village and limited access to sustainable transport, means future occupiers would be heavily reliant on private vehicles, making the development unsustainable and contrary to the spatial strategy despite the housing land supply shortfall.
The significant harm arising from conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and NPPF sustainability objectives outweighed the limited benefits of delivering two self-build dwellings and contributing to housing land supply shortfall
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP1Policy SP3Policy SP7Policy E2Policy C5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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 appliedThe decision letter
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