®Planning appeal decision
Wyndley Garden Centre, Warwick Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0DX
Planning appeal 3285876 at Wyndley Garden Centre, Warwick Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0DX (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 25 March 2022 by Inspector Jones G, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect it might have on openness, and whether there would be any other harm to the Green Belt.
the demolition of the existing garden centre and associated buildings, and the erection of an extra care facility (Use Class C2) comprising: a village care centre; 39no. one and two bedroom care suites; 46no. one and two bedroom care apartments; and associated works, including car parking, access, landscaping and associated engineering works
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- community-institutional · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Jones G
- Postcode
- B93 0DX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect it might have on openness, and whether there would be any other harm to the Green Belt
- Its effect on the character and appearance of the area
- The proposed developed site's accessibility in respect to sustainable modes of transport
- If the proposed development is found to be 'inappropriate', whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The very special circumstances were established because the substantial unmet need for older people's housing, combined with the absence of any adopted strategy or alternative sites to meet it, clearly outweighed the identified Green Belt and other harm.
the substantial weight attached to Green Belt harm (inappropriateness and loss of openness), together with limited harm to character and appearance and to the loss of a community facility, was clearly outweighed by the numerous and individually considerable benefits (unmet housing need, absence of an alternative strategy or sites, housing land supply shortfall, and economic/social benefits), such that very special circumstances existed
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P17Policy P15Policy P7Policy P3Policy VC1Policy D1Policy T3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
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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