®Planning appeal decision
Hillcott, Duffield Lane, Newborough, DE13 8SH
for the subdivision of planning unit and change of use of garage and outbuilding to form separate dwelling
- Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- DE13 8SH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be suitably located, with specific regard to convenient and safe accessibility to services and facilities
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety with specific regard to visibility and turning space
What decided it
The appeal site's location outside the settlement boundary with no safe and convenient pedestrian or cycling route to local services and facilities, requiring future occupiers to rely on private vehicles, conflicts with the development plan's sustainable development requirements.
The benefits of providing accommodation suited to the appellant's health needs and contributing to smaller homes supply, together with the reuse of an existing building and acceptable impacts on other matters, were outweighed by the fundamental conflict with the development plan's requirement for sustainable locations with safe and convenient access to services and facilities.
Plan policies cited: Strategic Policy 1, Strategic Policy 8, Strategic Policy 35, Policy HE2, Policy HE3, Policy SP1
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.