®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed5 July 20233314550
7 County Lane, Iverley, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 2SB
roof alteration and loft conversion
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Plenty B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed extension would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- if the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether any harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances to justify it
What decided it
The proposal would result in a disproportionate addition to the original dwelling (129% volume increase) that would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and the harm to the Green Belt was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, including the reduced fallback position and absence of comparable precedent.
Framework references: 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1
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