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Dismissed29 December 20233319645

Land Adjacent to PoolHouse Farm , Crook Lane, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 0PG

Planning appeal 3319645 at Land Adjacent to PoolHouse Farm , Crook Lane, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 0PG (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 December 2023 by Inspector Radcliffe I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework.

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Authority
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector
Radcliffe I
Postcode
WS9 0RD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework
  • if the development is inappropriate, the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposal on highway safety, trees within the site and heritage assets
  • if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The proposal would cause unacceptable harm to highway safety at the northern access due to inability to achieve required visibility splays, contrary to policy TRAN 2 and NPPF paragraphs 114 and 115.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
GB1 Walsall Site Allocation DocumentTRAN 2 Black Country Core StrategyT7 Walsall Unitary Development PlanT13 Walsall Unitary Development PlanGP2 Walsall Unitary Development Plan
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 114Paragraph 115Paragraph 124Paragraph 200

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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