Hayes Gate Farm, Star Bank, Oakamoor, Staffordshire, ST10 3BN

1. 1.To the extent that the building would provide a garage or outbuilding serving the adjacent dwellinghouse, it would not be appropriate in scale and design appropriate or relative to the dwellinghouse and the character of the area. The development would have a detrimental impact on the existing dwelling and the character of the rural area. The development is not therefore, ‘allowable’ under the provision for additional domestic outbuilidngs that is at policy SS10 of the SMDC Local Plan. Where the building would be used to store farm machinery, this would not be connected to any enterprise or support for the rural economy, as confirmed in the application statement, that might be considered to weigh agaisnt the detrimental impacts on the existing dwelling and the character of the rural dwelling. As such, there is no specific support for the development within the strategy at SS10 of the Staffordshire Moorlands Local Plan 2020. Any merit through the provision of renewal energy from a solar array would not outweigh these objections to the principle of the development.
2. 2.Overall there would be significant harm to the local landscape and the character and appearance of the rural area because the development would be of a size, scale, character and design that would not relate to the existing dwelling or protect and enhance the local landscape and distinctiveness of the area. The development would appear as a prominent and dominant intrusion in the countryside with a greater mass and height profile than the existing structure and a character and appearance that is not obviously agrarian or domestic in nature and, with enclosed elevations and a row of large roller shutter doors, would be more akin to an industrial storage unit. Accordingly, the proposed development fails to comply with policies SS1, SS10, DC1 and DC3 of the Staffordshire Moorlands Local Plan 2020, the adopted Design Guide 2018, and the terms of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

ST10 3BN

Application type

Full - Householder

Scale / size

Small

Parish

74, Folly Lane, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, ST13 7DA,

Date validated

5 January 2026

Consultation expiry

20 February 2026

Consultation start

7 January 2026

Consultation end

20 February 2026

Target decision date

2 March 2026

Agent address

3 Woburn House , Derby , United Kingdom , DE1 1UL

Statutory period

56 days

Documents

16