Wishing Well Farm, Breach Oak Lane, Fillongley, Warwickshire, CV7 8AW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• The impact of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within the Green Belt
• Whether the site is located in an acceptable location in relation to services and transport
• Whether the harm by inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations sufficient to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the grant of planning permission (the planning balance)

What decided it

The substantial weight given to the best interests of the children (a primary consideration), combined with significant weight attached to unmet gypsy and traveller need and the absence of alternative sites, clearly outweighed the Green Belt harm.

The substantial weight attributed to the definitional harm of inappropriateness and the minor harm to openness/visual amenity was clearly outweighed by the substantial weight given to the best interests of the children and the significant weight given to unmet need and lack of alternatives, amounting to very special circumstances justifying the grant of permission.