7 Stowell Road, BIRMINGHAM, B44 8EA

retrospective planning permission for the change of use of land formerly used as residential garden land (Use Class C3) and its continued use as a building contractors storage yard (sui generis) together with the retention of 3No. storage containers and metal palisade security fencing

Authority: Birmingham City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Bayliss G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect on the character and appearance of the area
whether the development is an acceptable location having regard to the vitality and viability of the Hawthorne Road Local Centre

What decided it

The significant visual harm caused by the containers, metal screens and open storage to the character and appearance of the area, which was contrary to Policy PG3 and Section 12 of the NPPF, outweighed the acceptable location and economic benefits of the use.

Framework references: 12

Plan policies cited: Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan (2017), Policy TP21 of the Birmingham Development Plan, Policy TP24 of the Birmingham Development Plan

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