Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed7 September 20266011103

Land Between Rudyard Road and Hot Lane, Rudyard Road, Biddulph Moor, ST8 7JL

Planning appeal 6011103 at Land Between Rudyard Road and Hot Lane, Rudyard Road, Biddulph Moor, ST8 7JL (Staffordshire Moorlands) was allowed on 7 September 2026 by Inspector P Barton, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is grey belt and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

Construction of up to 9 dwellings

Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Inspector
P Barton
Postcode
ST8 7JL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site is grey belt and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • Whether the site would be a suitable location for the proposal, in respect of the spatial strategy in the Development Plan

What decided it

The absence of a five-year housing land supply, combined with the site's identification as grey belt and sustainable location, engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development, which outweighed the moderate harm from conflict with the spatial strategy policies.

The moderate harm arising from conflict with development plan policies SS1, SS10 and H1 was outweighed by the substantial benefits of providing up to 9 dwellings in a sustainable location, associated economic benefits during construction and occupation, and delivery of Biodiversity Net Gain, applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development under policy S5 of the Framework.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SS10Policy SS2Policy SS8Policy SS1Policy H1Policy DC3Policy DES 1Policy HOU2

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 applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

26 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Staffordshire Moorlands

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed13 October 20266014198
    75, Rudyard Road, Biddulph Moor, ST8 7JW
  2. Dismissed12 August 20266010932
    Willow House, Leek Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST9 9QF
  3. Allowed15 July 20266007233
    Thornby Lodge, Consall Forge, Wetley Rock, ST9 0AJ
  4. Dismissed16 June 20266004316
    1 Ash Bank Road, Werrington, ST2 9DS
  5. Dismissed11 June 20266004053
    Leonards Farm, Hot Lane, Biddulph Moor, ST8 7HP

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.