Planning appeal decision
The Land Known As 118 Overend Road, Cradley, Halesowen, B63 2SA
Planning appeal 3291408 at The Land Known As 118 Overend Road, Cradley, Halesowen, B63 2SA (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 April 2022 by Inspector Griffin E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Without planning permission and within the last four years the construction of a building used as a shelter for ancillary car wash operations on the Land (shown hatched in black on the attached plan)
- Authority
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Griffin E
- Postcode
- B63 2SA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The siting, design and materials of the building create an incongruous and dominant feature in an exposed location that harms the character and appearance of the area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV2 of the Black Country Core Strategy (2011)Policy S6 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy (2017)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130
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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