®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to 26 Birmingham Road, Shenstone, Lichfield, WS14 0LH
Planning appeal 3298953 at Land Adjacent to 26 Birmingham Road, Shenstone, Lichfield, WS14 0LH (Lichfield District Council) was dismissed on 22 December 2022 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
the erection of a 2 no. detached dwellings with associated works (Outline: access and layout)
- Authority
- Lichfield District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Watson S
- Postcode
- WS14 0LH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no qualifying exception, combined with poor accessibility to services and unacceptable highway safety impacts, and the modest housing benefit does not constitute very special circumstances to justify the harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy NR2Policy GB1Core Policy 1Core Policy 6Policy Rural 1Policy Rural 2Policy BE1Policy ST1Policy H2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 111
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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