®Planning appeal decision
Iac Group Ltd, Unit 1-2 Progress Way, Birmingham, B40 1AB
Planning appeal 3279340 at Iac Group Ltd, Unit 1-2 Progress Way, Birmingham, B40 1AB (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 December 2021 by Inspector Hall R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.
formation of additional car parking to serve Units A and B at Prologis Park Birmingham Interchange with associated earthworks, engineering, landscaping and sustainable urban drainage systems
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hall R
- Postcode
- B40 1AB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- 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 required to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes, combined with moderate harm to publicly accessible open space, was not clearly outweighed by the economic benefits and biodiversity gains, such that very special circumstances did not exist.
The economic benefits and biodiversity net gain were afforded significant weight, but these did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, openness and purposes, together with moderate harm from loss of publicly accessible open space, and the balance tipped against the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 99Paragraph 148Paragraph 174
- Judgments
- Pertemps Investments Limited v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWHC 2308 (Admin)
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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