Planning appeal decision
Border Fencing, Lower House Farm Stoney Lane, Tardebigge, Bromsgrove, B60 1LY
Planning appeal 3319415 at Border Fencing, Lower House Farm Stoney Lane, Tardebigge, Bromsgrove, B60 1LY (Bromsgrove District Council) was allowed on 8 December 2023 by Inspector Rawle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed dwellinghouses having regard to the relevant development plan policies relating to development within rural areas.
the re-development of former fencing and timber building construction business for residential development
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rawle S
- Postcode
- B60 1LY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed dwellinghouses having regard to the relevant development plan policies relating to development within rural areas
What decided it
The Council's shortfall in five-year housing land supply (3.3 years) engaged paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, applying the tilted balance under which the moderate harm from policy conflict was outweighed by the moderate benefits of housing delivery and heritage improvements.
The moderate adverse impacts of conflict with the development plan and unsustainable location were outweighed by the moderate benefits of five additional dwellings on previously developed land in a district with housing shortfall and the moderate benefits of visual and heritage improvements, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BDP1Policy BDP2Policy BDP 1.4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 80Paragraph 105Paragraph 108Paragraph 110Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 8Paragraph 79Paragraph 104
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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