®Planning appeal decision
The Cottage, Haunton Road, Harlaston, TAMWORTH, B79 9HS
the erection of a 5 bedroom, one and a half storey dwelling including change of use and surrounding works
- Authority
- Lichfield District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bayliss G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for housing having regard to the settlement strategy
- The effect of the development on the River Mease Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
- The effect of the development on the ecology of the site
What decided it
The proposal would constitute inappropriate new housing in open countryside contrary to the settlement strategy, and this harm significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits, compounded by failure to demonstrate nutrient neutrality for the SAC and absence of ecological assessment.
The limited benefits of one dwelling and modest economic and social benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm of permitting new housing in an unsustainable location contrary to the development plan settlement strategy.
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 6, Policy Rural 1, Core Policy 13, Policy NR8, Policy NR3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.