®Planning appeal decision
The Willows, Tamworth Road, Cliff, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 2DS
Material change of use of land for stationing of caravans for residential use for Gypsy-Traveller family with associated development (relocated access, hard standing and package treatment plant)
- Authority
- North Warwickshire Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Sargent J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether this is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- what its effect would be on the landscape
- if it would be inappropriate development, whether its harm by reason of inappropriateness and other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The Planning Policy for Traveller Sites Policy E establishes that personal circumstances and unmet need are unlikely to clearly outweigh harm to the Green Belt, and the appellants' circumstances, whilst given significant weight, did not constitute the improbable exception to this guidance.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and landscape harm was not clearly outweighed by the appellants' personal circumstances, health issues, unmet need for gypsy and traveller provision, or the best interests of their children, such that very special circumstances could be established.
Framework references: 138, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy LP3, Policy LP10
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.