Planning Inquiry Froghall Road, Cheadle
Public Inquiry: Land to the east of Froghall Road, Cheadle, Staffordshire, SK10 2DN
PINS REF: APP/B33438/W/24/3351035
The Council's reference is: SMD/2021/0610
A public inquiry is taking place regarding an appeal that has been made against the refusal of an application made by Bloor Homes NW Ltd to the Council for residential development with access considered (all other matters reserved) on land to the east of Froghall Road, Cheadle
The Council's decision can be viewed here:
About the public inquiry
A Planning Inspector has been appointed by the Secretary of State and the appeal will be heard by way of a public inquiry.
The inquiry will sit for six days starting on the 28th January 2025 and continuing on the 29th and 30th January and then 4th, 5th and 6th February 2025.
The inquiry will be held in the Council Chamber at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council offices, Stockwell Street, Leek, ST13 6HQ.
The inquiry will start at 10am on each day of inquiry and will end at approximately 5pm with appropriate breaks during the course of the day.
The inquiry is currently expected to be held in person and anyone can visit to observe proceedings or to make their views about the appeal proposal known to the Inspector.
If you would like to make a statement to the inquiry then you may do so on the morning of the 28 January 2025.
All inquiry sessions will be webcast save the morning of the 29th January 2025, which for technical reasons cannot be webcast. Any person wishing to observe will have to attend the inquiry venue in person to view proceedings on that morning.
Parties to the Appeal
The Council will appear at the inquiry as the Local Planning Authority to bring evidence which explains why they have refused the application and will be asking the Inspector to dismiss the appeal.
The Appellant - the applicant for the planning permission that is now being appealed - will appear to bring evidence to show reason why planning consent should be granted and will be asking the Inspector to allow the appeal and grant their application.
In this appeal there is another party, also referred to as a rule 6 party, who has an interest in the appeal and will be able to bring their own evidence and cross examine witnesses brought by the Appellant.
That rule 6 party is Kingsley Parish Council.
Each party to the appeal has submitted a Statement of case that may be viewed here:
Council's Statement of Case (PDF, 806 KB)
Appellant's Statement of Case with Appendices (PDF, 2 MB)
Case Management Conference
On the 2nd December 2024 the Planning Inspector appointed to hear this appeal on behalf of the Secretary of State held a case management conference with the representatives for the Council, the Appellant and a representative from Kingsley Parish Council which took place virtually.
No discussion took place on merits of the respective parties cases and no evidence was heard or submitted. The purpose of the conference was to set out a clear indication of the ongoing management of the appeals and the presentation of the evidence so that the forthcoming inquiry is conducted in the most efficient and effective manner.
View copies of the CMC summary and Note here:
Inspectors Pre-CMC Note (PDF, 151 KB)
Post CMC Summary Note from Inspector (PDF, 164 KB)
Evidence Submitted to the Planning Inspectorate
The Council, the Appellant and the Rule 6 party will exchange proofs of evidence that can be viewed here on or after the 7th January 2025.
Core Documents
A Core Documents Library is currently being prepared. This will include all relevant documents (Core Documents pre-fixed CD) for the inquiry. This is currently a work in progress and will be published as soon as possible. After it is published it will continue to be developed, updated, and populated in the run-up to the inquiry and may also be updated whilst the inquiry is sitting.
Note that not all documents relating to the application appear in the Core Documents Library, only the ones the Appellants and Council think might be referred to at the inquiry. For the time being all documents relevant to the inquiry can be found on the planning portal that has further information about the application and the appeal.
You can get to the planning portal by clicking here.
You will need to use the application reference number SMD/2021/0610 to search for the application.
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Application Documents
Can't find what you want? Further application documents relating to the Appeal may be found here.
You will need to use the application reference number SMD/2021/0610 to search for the application
Inquiry Documents
Documents presented to the inspector at the inquiry will appear below.
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