Land South Of College Road Denstone

P/2025/01221Permission in PrincipleRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 8 December 2025

Council decision: Refused - DelegatedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Permission in Principle application for the erection of up to nine self-build dwellings

Received: 23 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: East Staffordshire Borough Council
Ward: Stramshall & Weaver
Agent: R3Design Development Ltd

ReceivedReceived23 Oct
ValidatedValidated30 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Dec

Decided in 39 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at LAND SOUTH OF COLLEGE ROAD DENSTONE. East Staffordshire has handled 452 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Staffordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Stramshall & Weaver.

84% of outline applications at East Staffordshire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

The application site is situated outside of a settlement boundary and is not designated as a location for housing development in the East Staffordshire Local Plan or the Updated Denstone Neighbourhood Plan. Consequently the principle of erecting up to 9 No. self-build dwellinghouses in this location is unacceptable and would constitute an unnecessary and unsustainable form of development in the open countryside. Accordingly, the proposed development is contrary to Policies SP1, SP2 and SP8 of the East Staffordshire Local Plan, Policy DEN-SD2 of the Updated Denstone Neighbourhood Plan and the aims of the National Planning Policy Framework.
The proposals could give rise to material harm to the setting of the listed building at Stone House and other non-designated heritage assets and therefore would fail to achieve the ‘desirable’ objectives as set out within Sections 66 and 72 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. Accordingly, in these circumstances the proposed development would be contrary to Policies SP1, SP25 and DP5 of the East Staffordshire Local Plan, Policy DEN-PE2 of the Updated Denstone Neighbourhood Plan and the aims of the National Planning Policy Framework. This application is refused by the under signed under powers delegated by the Borough Council in accordance with the provisions of Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type: Permission in Principle
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Denstone CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 12 November 2025
Committee meeting: 27 October 2025
Application expires: 8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Caxton Developments Ltd
Agent: R3Design Development Ltd

Applicant company

Caxton Developments Limited

Company number 07886694

This company has been dissolved. It no longer exists.

Status: Dissolved
Nature of business: Other building completion and finishing

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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Statutory period: 39 days

Publicity

Site notice end: 12 November 2025

Appeal history

6006486

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 July 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

UPRN: 10010544030
Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: East Staffordshire

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