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The Hayloft Brinsford Lane Slade Heath

26/00138/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in principle application for residential development of up to 9 dwellings

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Brewood, Coven & Blymhill
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at The Hayloft Brinsford Lane Slade Heath. South Staffordshire has handled 477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Brewood, Coven & Blymhill.

74% of outline applications at South Staffordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) states that Permission in Principle must not be granted for development which is habitats development. In this case the application site falls within the 15km Zone of Influence for the Cannock Chase SAC where new dwellings within the Zone of Influence result in significant in- combination effects to the SAC. PPG states 'Planning obligations cannot be secured at the permission in principle stage'. Therefore, as the mechanism for securing mitigation fees for increased visitor pressure on the SAC is a Unilateral Undertaking (UU) Planning Obligation, the Council is unable to secure these as part of a Permission in Principle and the mitigation that would ordinarily enable the application to pass Appropriate Assessment cannot be secured. This application cannot therefore pass the requirements of the Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) and is contrary to the requirements of Policy EQ2 of the South Staffordshire Core Strategy, the National Planning Policy Framework and the PPG.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BREWOOD & COVEN

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
26 March 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
29 April 2026
Last date for comments
29 April 2026
Target decision date
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mid West Planning Limited 10 High Street Madeley Telford Shropshire TF7 5AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice end
9 April 2026

Appeal

Appeal reference
26/00020/REF
Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: South Staffordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: South Staffordshire

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