®Planning appeal decision
The Woodlands Drayton Lane, Drayton Bassett, TAMWORTH, B78 3TS
outline application for erection of 2no. dwellings with all matters reserved except for access
- Authority
- Lichfield District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hall R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to the development strategy for the area and accessibility to services and facilities
What decided it
The proposal's location outside the defined settlement boundary in a smaller village with limited facilities and poor sustainable transport accessibility conflicts with the development plan strategy of focusing housing on the most sustainable settlements, and this conflict with the development plan taken as a whole is not outweighed by the modest benefits to housing supply and the local economy.
The modest benefits of housing supply contribution and economic benefits were outweighed by the enduring harm from future occupants' likely reliance on private car travel and the conflict with the development plan strategy of focusing new housing on the most sustainable settlements.
Framework references: 149
Plan policies cited: Policy NR2, Core Policy 1, Core Policy 6, Policy Rural 1, Policy Rural 2, Policy CP3
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v SSCLG, Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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