®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to the Hollies, Hilderstone, ST15 8RT
the erection of two low carbon self-build houses with associated works
- Authority
- Stafford
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- 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
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP3, Policy SP7, Policy E2, Policy C5
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.