Appeal 6003389
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
7 sections
Read the development description and the Inspector’s text from the official decision PDF in source order. Source headings are retained where available. Personal and contact details are removed by an automated privacy filter; this is source material, not Rules for You analysis.
Section 01
Development description
[name] & [name].
Section 02
Decision
The proposed development is allowed, and express consent is granted for [name] & [name] at [site address] , Stafford [postcode] . The consent is for five years from the date of this decision and is subject to the five standard conditions set out in the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (the Regulations).
Section 03
[name]
The Regulations and the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) both make it clear that advertisements should be subject to control only in the interests of amenity and public safety, taking into account cumulative impacts. Regard does not need to be had to the development plan. I have taken relevant policies into account as a material consideration; however, they have not, by themselves, been determinative.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the amenity of the area.
Section 05
Reasons
The proposed development would be located next to the A513, adjacent to large and open fields and relates to a large sign that would be flanked by flags. The development would be advertising forthcoming development within the surrounding fields. The appeal site is open and is bordered by dense hedgerows, however, the wider area is generally suburban with large areas of housing, industrial estates and on-going large scale development taking place.
The overall height of the advertisement would be significant, however, in the context of the existing, dense hedgerow, and lower level of the appeal site, the advertisement would be at a similar level to the nearby footway and road. it would therefore not be viewed as a tall structure that would stand in in the context of the wider area.
I acknowledge that there are limited other signs in the locality, but in the context of the suburban character and appearance of the area and functional purpose of the advertisement, it would not appear dominant or incongruous.
I therefore conclude that the proposal would not harm the amenity of the area. insofar as it is a material consideration, I find no conflict with Policy N1 of the plan for Stafford Borough 2011-2031 Adopted – 19 June 2014 and Paragraphs 135 and 141 of the Framework. Amongst other things, these seek to ensure high design standards that should preserve and enhance the character of the area and that advertisements should be subject to control only in the interests of amenity and public safety.
Section 06
Conditions
The development is subject to the five standard conditions set out in the Regulations.
Section 07
Conclusion
For the reasons set out above, and having had regard to all other material considerations, I conclude that the appeal should be allowed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 4347No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 13 March 2026Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 4 March 2026 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 6003389
- Application reference
- 25/41092/ADV
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Stafford Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000197
Casework details
The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.
- Casework type
- Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development type
- Householder developments
- Appeal type reason
- Not recorded
- Appeal reason
- refused
- Type detail
- No Application Type Assocaited
- Jurisdiction
- No Jurisdiction Associated
- Link status
- Not recorded
Site and development
Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.
- Site area
- Not recorded
- Floor space
- Not recorded
- Number of residences
- Not recorded
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- Not recorded
- Affects setting of a listed building
- Yes
- Historic building grant made
- Not recorded
- Relates to a conservation area
- Not recorded
- Flooding is an issue
- Not recorded
- Site within an AONB
- Not recorded
- Site within an SSSI
- Not recorded
Decision and dates
The published outcome and every imported case date.
- Official decision
- Allowed
- Decision category
- Allowed
- Received date
- 8 January 2026
- Valid date
- 8 January 2026
- Start date
- 12 January 2026
- Planning authority decision date
- 2 January 2026
- Appeal decision date
- 13 March 2026
Case administration
Published recovery, call-in, costs and enforcement information for this case.
- Redetermined
- Not recorded
- Bespoke
- Not recorded
- Date recovered
- Not recorded
- Date not recovered or derecovered
- Not recorded
- Call-in date
- Not recorded
- Costs applied for
- No
- Enforcement grounds count
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds
- Not recorded
Source and catalogue history
When this record appeared in the rolling official release and when the catalogue stored it.
- Source
- Planning Inspectorate casework database
- Source data system
- Back Office
- Dataset status
- Current release
- Catalogue record ID
- 85890
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:29
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Record updated
- 20 August 2026 at 16:29