®Planning appeal decision
Upper Hattons Stables, Upper Hattons Farm, Pendeford Hall Lane, Coven, Staffordshire, WV9 5BD
without planning permission the partial construction of a stable block to accommodate tack rooms, washrooms and storage rooms situated around a central courtyard on the land
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Walker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including having regard to its effect on openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- 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 the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The Inspector found that the harm to the openness of the Green Belt, to which substantial weight must be given, was not clearly outweighed by any other considerations because the appellant's principal justification (the therapy/educational use) could not lawfully be taken into account under s177(1)(a).
the substantial weight attributable to harm to the Green Belt through loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, as no very special circumstances were demonstrated
Framework references: 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy EQ4, Policy EQ11, Policy EV7
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.