West Hill Westhill Road, Blackdown, Leamington Spa, CV32 6RA

Planning appeal 3307585 at West Hill Westhill Road, Blackdown, Leamington Spa, CV32 6RA (Warwick District Council) was allowed on 23 February 2024 by Inspector Robinson N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

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Authority: Warwick District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Robinson N
Postcode: CV32 6RA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The Unilateral Undertaking preventing a more harmful fallback development under permitted development rights provided the very special circumstances necessary to justify the inappropriate Green Belt development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DS18Policy BE1Policy NE1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 142Paragraph 152Paragraph 154

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