Keepers Lodge Brockhurst Lane, Canwell, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B75 5SN

the change of use from agricultural to form 1no. dwelling house and associated works including roof works, replacement annex and new boundary treatment

Authority: Lichfield District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Watson S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site would be suitable for new housing
The effect of the proposal on nearby trees

What decided it

The site's location in a remote rural area where future occupiers would be wholly car-dependent for daily needs conflicts with the Council's spatial strategy and the Framework's aims for directing residential development to sustainable locations, and this conflict outweighs the modest benefits of providing one new dwelling.

Framework references: 109, 84

Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 3, Core Policy 5, Core Policy 6, Policy ST1, Policy CP3, Policy BE1, Policy NR4

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