®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed6 April 20233294331
White Croft Barn Kemps Green Road, Hockley Heath, SOLIHULL, B94 5PN
a detached outbuilding
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Felgate J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would constitute 'inappropriate development' in terms of Green Belt policy
- if so, whether the development would have any other impacts on the Green Belt or its purposes
- the effects on the character and appearance of the Arden Special Landscape Area
- the effects on the Council's policy aims for carbon emissions and climate change mitigation
- how the effects of the appeal proposal compare to those of the 'fallback position'
- whether any harm to the Green Belt, together with any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to 'very special circumstances'
What decided it
The development would cause substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness, and harm to the character and appearance of the Special Landscape Area, which is not clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to constitute very special circumstances.
Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 148, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy CS10, Policy CS12, Policy CS2
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.