®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Houndsfield Industrial Estate, Houndsfield Lane, Hollywood, B47 5QR
the change of use of land and building to form new training facility including removal/cessation of all activities associated with recycling waste materials
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Law T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the proposed development would comply with national and local planning policies which seek to steer new development away from areas at highest risk of flooding
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of nearby residents
- Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm arising from inappropriate development and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of job creation and training provision, particularly as no evidence demonstrated the need to locate in this specific Green Belt location.
Framework references: 147, 148, 150, 167, 168, 130
Plan policies cited: BDP23, BDP1.4
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.