®Planning appeal decision
Allowed19 June 20233303907
Trickle Brook, Smeaton Lane, Stretton Under Fosse, RUGBY, CV23 0PS
Single storey extension for bedroom, ensuite and store
- Authority
- Rugby Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Worley E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the 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 appellant's personal need for wheelchair-accessible accommodation due to disability, combined with the absence of any alternative means of meeting this need, clearly outweighed the harm to the Green Belt and constituted very special circumstances.
Framework references: 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy GP2, Policy GP1, Policy SDC1
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