®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed29 December 20233319645
Land Adjacent to PoolHouse Farm , Crook Lane, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 0PG
described as ‘a barn
- Authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Radcliffe I
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.
Framework references: 154, 114, 115, 124, 200
Plan policies cited: GB1 Walsall Site Allocation Document, TRAN 2 Black Country Core Strategy, T7 Walsall Unitary Development Plan, T13 Walsall Unitary Development Plan, GP2 Walsall Unitary Development Plan
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.