Aaina Community Hub, Bath Road, Walsall, WS1 3BS

demolition of an existing community hub and construction of a new community hub

Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Other minor developments
Inspector: Greenwood L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on local character and appearance including the setting of the Grade II listed Church of St Michael's and All Angels and the settings of the nearby Highgate and Caldmore Green Conservation Areas

What decided it

The proposed new community hub, taking the existing building as a baseline, would be a higher quality development that would preserve the character and appearance of the local area including the heritage assets, and the public benefits of improved community facilities would clearly outweigh any minor heritage harm.

Framework references: 199, 200, 202, 12, 16

Plan policies cited: GP2, ENV27, ENV32, ENV2, ENV3, CSP4, DW1, DW2, DW3, DW9

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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