®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Winterley Lane, Rushall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 1LR
for an agricultural building used for the storage of farming, forestry equipment and horse supplies
- Authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Stephens K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development and effect openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the siting, design and appearance of the proposed agricultural building on the character and appearance of the area, taking into account nearby protected trees
- The effect of the siting of the proposed building on a potentially untreated limestone mining area
What decided it
The proposed agricultural building falls within the exception for agricultural buildings under NPPF paragraph 149a) and is therefore not inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and its siting, design and appearance would not harm the character and appearance of the area.
Framework references: 147, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Saved Policy ENV32, Saved Policy ENV33, Saved UDP Policy GP2, Saved UDP Policy ENV18, Black Country Core Strategy Policy CSP4, Black Country Core Strategy Policy ENV2, Black Country Core Strategy Policy ENV3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.