®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Brinsford Bridge, Stafford Road, Coven Heath, South Staffordshire, WV10 7HE
Planning appeal 3312914 at Land Adjacent to Brinsford Bridge, Stafford Road, Coven Heath, South Staffordshire, WV10 7HE (South Staffordshire District Council) was allowed on 27 November 2023 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control is inappropriate development in the Green Belt including its effect on openness.
Erection of two amenity buildings (as constructed, not in accordance with approved drawings)
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- gypsy-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- WV10 7HE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control is inappropriate development in the Green Belt including its effect on openness
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- 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 development
What decided it
The realistic fallback position of the previously approved planning permission 21/00624/VAR, which demonstrated that the constructed amenity buildings were not materially different in design or volume terms, combined with the established need for amenity facilities for the Gypsy/Traveller site, clearly outweighed the Green Belt harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy E of the Government's Planning Policy for Traveller Sites 2015Policy GB1 of the South Staffordshire Council Core Strategy 2012Policy EQ4 of the Core StrategyPolicy EQ11 of the Core Strategy
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
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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