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Bridge House, Ashbourne Road, Winkhill, Staffordshire, ST13 7PP

SMD/2025/0476Full - MINORRefused
Full

Refused on 26 June 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Glamping Cabins

Received
10 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 210 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bridge House , Ashbourne Road , Winkhill , Staffordshire , ST13 7PP. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 2,339 applications of this type. This one was decided in 228 days, 23 weeks longer than Staffordshire Moorlands's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,499 applications in total for the ST13 postcode area.

80% of full applications at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The site is not found to offer good connectivity with other tourist destinations and amenities; at a distance of more than 2km from the nearest village of Waterhouses it is not close to settlements where local services, facilities and public transport are available; it is not in an area identified for tourism development in the Churnet Valley Masterplan and as it is not otherwise supported by policy E4 either in terms of meeting un-met needs or being compatible in scale and character with the local area the proposal in principle is found contrary to Staffordshire Moorlands Local Plan policies SS1, SS2, SS10, SS11 and E4 and to the NPPF.
  2. By reason of design, form and material finishes these two unusually shaped buildings would draw attention and be at odds with the rural building tradition of the area. The sloping site would necessitate significant ground works to achieve necessary levels and when coupled with the necessary hardstanding, access, parking area, EV charging and other infrastructure the impacts would not be confined to the buildings themselves. Overall the development would have an urbanising effect and would appear incongruous in this rural field location. The proposal is thus found contrary to Staffordshire Moorlands Local Plan policies DC1 and DC3 and to the NPPF.
  3. The two proposed glamping cabins would not be in a location that offers, or is capable of offering good connectivity with other tourist destinations and amenities, particularly by public transport, walking and cycling and users of the development would be inevitably reliant on the private car. The proposal is therefore found contrary to Staffordshire Moorlands Local Plan policies SS1, SS2, SS10, DC1, E4 and T1 and to the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
ST13 7PP
Application type
Full - MINOR
Scale / size
Small
Parish
33 Wetenhall Drive, Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST13 8HU

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
31 December 2025
Consultation start
3 December 2025
Consultation end
22 June 2026
Target decision date
23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studio , Breaston , DE72 3DA

Planning decision

Case officer
Arne Swithenbank
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Staffordshire Moorlands

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