®Planning appeal decision
Caravan 1 Paddock 1, Bywater Farm Berry Lane, Upton Warren, BROMSGROVE, B61 9HD
Without planning permission, the operational development consisting of the erection of a day room approximately edged in blue on the attached plan
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The issue is whether the day room was erected as a matter of fact.
- The main issue is whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm resulting from the caravan site, including the day room, is clearly outweighed by other considerations to provide the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
What decided it
The combination of unmet gypsy and traveller need, lack of alternative accommodation, Council policy failure and the family's personal circumstances clearly outweighed the identified Green Belt harm, amounting to very special circumstances.
Substantial Green Belt harm from inappropriateness and a small loss of openness was clearly outweighed by the substantial weight attached to unmet gypsy and traveller need, lack of alternative accommodation, Council policy failure, and the family's personal circumstances, together amounting to very special circumstances justifying the development.
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP2, Policy SWDP17
Judgments cited: Smith v SSLUHC & Ors [2022] Civ 1391
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