®Planning appeal decision
Pumping Station 391m, Lying to the North of Astwood Lane, Bromsgrove, B60 4BN
Planning appeal 3303262 at Pumping Station 391m, Lying to the North of Astwood Lane, Bromsgrove, B60 4BN (Wychavon District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 December 2022 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the residential use of the site is inappropriate development within the Green Belt, including any impact on openness, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of agricultural and forestry land to a mixed use for agricultural, forestry and residential use of black timber cladded cabin ("the cabin") approximately marked blue on the attached plan, for permanent residential occupation
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- B60 4BN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the residential use of the site is inappropriate development within the Green Belt, including any impact on openness, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- Whether the location of the site is acceptable for the residential use of the land
- If the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations and if so, whether very special circumstances exist to justify the development
What decided it
The residential use of the land causes substantial harm to Green Belt openness and constitutes inappropriate development, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP2Policy SWDP19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 150Paragraph 149
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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