®Planning appeal decision
Seisdon Landfill Site, Ebstree Road, Seisdon, WOLVERHAMPTON, Staffordshire, WV5 7ES
restoration of landfill site to provide up to 49 lodges with associated parking and landscaping
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Middleton M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the policies in the NPPF
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the proposal contributes to meeting identified affordable housing needs within the area of the local planning authority
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the local countryside
- Any other harm
- Other considerations
- Other matters
- 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 necessary to justify the development within the Green Belt
What decided it
The proposal would cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt from both spatial and visual perspectives, constituting inappropriate development for which the other considerations do not amount to very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness of development, together with moderate harm to landscape character and flood risk, were not outweighed by the limited weight afforded to affordable housing provision and other considerations, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 142, 143, 147, 152, 154, 167, 173
Plan policies cited: CP GB1, CP1, CP3, H3, EQ4, EQ12
Judgments cited: Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) & Others v North Yorkshire County Council [2020] 3; England and Wales Court of Appeal [2018] Civ 489
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