®Planning appeal decision
Brook Cottage Brook Green Lane, Barston, Solihull, B92 0JW
Planning appeal 3265555 at Brook Cottage Brook Green Lane, Barston, Solihull, B92 0JW (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 June 2021 by Inspector Cooper W, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
conversion of an agricultural barn to residential dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Cooper W
- Postcode
- B92 0JW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- Whether the proposal would preserve the setting of the Grade II listed building
- Whether the location of the proposed dwelling would be suitable, with particular reference to reliance on the private car
- If the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would fail to preserve openness and conflict with Green Belt purposes, and this harm was not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and other harm (harm to listed building setting, locational unsuitability) was not clearly outweighed by the limited public benefits of modest housing delivery and residential use of the listed building.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P17Policy P7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 146Paragraph 144Paragraph 193Paragraph 196Paragraph 79Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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