Planning appeal decision
Penwood Lodge, Pennwood Lane, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, WV4 5JJ
Planning appeal 3293634 at Penwood Lodge, Pennwood Lane, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, WV4 5JJ (South Staffordshire District Council) was dismissed on 28 June 2022 by Inspector Owen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
Single storey detached outbuilding (120m2)
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Owen A
- Postcode
- WV4 5JJ
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 relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- 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 required to justify the development
What decided it
The outbuilding is materially larger than the buildings it replaced and causes substantial harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness, with no other considerations clearly outweighing this harm to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1 of the South Staffordshire Core Strategy (2012)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 147Paragraph 148
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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