®Planning appeal decision
Land at Firs Farm, 244 Old Birmingham Road, Marlbrook, B60 1NS
Planning appeal 3324586 at Land at Firs Farm, 244 Old Birmingham Road, Marlbrook, B60 1NS (Bromsgrove District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 2 September 2024 by Inspector Higenbottam H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework and effect on openness.
‘Without planning permission, the importation and deposition of material (including but not limited to) soil and rubble, and consequential engineering operations to create a hard standing in association with open storage use in the approximate location coloured black on the Plan, hereby referred to as ‘the unauthorised development’
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Higenbottam H
- Postcode
- B60 1NS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework and effect on openness
- The effect of the entrance gates and boundary wall on the character and appearance of the area
- If inappropriate development, whether any harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The development has a material adverse impact on the openness of the Green Belt and constitutes inappropriate development for which no very special circumstances have been demonstrated.
The harms to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to character and appearance were not clearly outweighed by any other considerations, and very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BDP4Policy BDP19High Quality SPD
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 155
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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