Land To The Rear Of 6 - 12 Long Lane Newtown WS6 6AU

26/00161/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Permission in principle for residential development of up to 5 dwellings

Received: 24 March 2026
Council: South Staffordshire District Council
Ward: Essington

ReceivedReceived24 Mar
ValidatedValidated8 Apr
Consult.Consultation28 Apr
TargetTarget Date13 May
DecidedDecided13 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The Rear Of 6 - 12 Long Lane Newtown WS6 6AU. South Staffordshire has handled 477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 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 17 applications across Essington. We hold 156 applications in total for the WS6 postcode area.

75% 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

The development does not meet any of the exceptions to the presumption against development in the Green Belt set out in the NPPF, thereby constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt. Inappropriate development is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt, and is therefore contrary to paragraphs 153, 154 and 155 of the NPPF and Policy GB1 of the adopted Core Strategy.
No case for Very Special Circumstances has been advanced to justify a departure from the normal policy of restricting development in the Green Belt, contrary to paragraph 153 of the NPPF.
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

Postcode: WS6 6AU
Application type: Permission in Principle
Scale / size: Small
Parish: ESSINGTON

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 5 May 2026
Consultation start: 14 April 2026
Consultation end: 28 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 14 April 2026
Last date for comments: 5 May 2026
Target decision date: 13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 14 April 2026
Site notice end: 5 May 2026

Appeal history

6010537

Allowed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 September 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Green Belt

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 6
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: South StaffordshirePart of the site
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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Source: South Staffordshire

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