®Planning appeal decision
Little Aston Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 8NJ
Planning appeal 3304493 at Little Aston Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 8NJ (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 3 November 2023 by Inspector O'Connor H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposals on the special interest and significance of relevant designated heritage assets.
the refurbishment and alterations to the Manor House to form eight residential flats. Demolition of garage and activity hall in the curtilage of the site. Associated carparking, hard and soft landscaping
- Authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Connor H
- Postcode
- WS9 8NJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposals on the special interest and significance of relevant designated heritage assets
- The effect of the proposals on the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation
What decided it
The provision of eight new dwellings in an accessible location, combined with the securing of the listed building's long-term conservation through its conversion to residential use, outweighed the less than substantial heritage harm when assessed against the Framework's presumption in favour of sustainable development in the context of housing land supply shortfall.
The less than substantial harm to the listed building as a designated heritage asset was outweighed by the cumulative benefits of additional housing provision in an accessible location, its associated economic benefits, and aspects of the proposals that would bring enhancements to the historic environment; the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied and was an important material consideration in the overall planning balance
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV2 of the Black Country Core Strategy, February 2011Policy EQ2 of the Black Country Core StrategyPolicy CSP3 of the Black Country Core StrategyPolicy CSP4 of the Black Country Core StrategyPolicy ENV1 of the Black Country Core StrategySaved policy ENV23 of the Unitary Development PlanPolicy EN1 of the Walsall Site Allocation Document, January 2019
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 202
- Judgments
- People over Wind and Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta ECLI:EU:C:2018:244
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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