®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to 29 Ashcroft Lane, Shenstone, Staffordshire, WS14 0EF
Planning appeal 3286827 at Land Adjacent to 29 Ashcroft Lane, Shenstone, Staffordshire, WS14 0EF (Lichfield District Council) was dismissed on 30 March 2022 by Inspector Castle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy.
outline application for the erection of a single dwelling including details of means of access
- Authority
- Lichfield District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Castle S
- Postcode
- WS14 0EF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- Whether or not the location of the proposal would be consistent with the spatial strategy of the development plan
- If the proposal would be inappropriate development, would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and if so, would this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, as the identified harms to openness and the spatial strategy are not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of a single dwelling.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP1Policy CP3Policy CP6Policy R1Policy NR2Policy H2Policy GB1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 60Paragraph 105Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 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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