®Planning appeal decision
Stables at Hardwick Road, Aldridge, West Midlands, WS9 0SD
Planning appeal 3326318 at Stables at Hardwick Road, Aldridge, West Midlands, WS9 0SD (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 April 2024 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, and the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and purposes of including land within it.
Conversion of existing stables to residential use (planning use class C3 - dwellinghouses) and single storey extension to form dwellinghouse. Existing access to be used, off-street parking spaces and associated landscaping
- Authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Stephens K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, and the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and purposes of including land within it
- If the proposed development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would not preserve the openness of the Green Belt and would constitute inappropriate development for which no very special circumstances exist to justify approval.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, combined with conflict with the aims and purposes of the Green Belt, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations including the modest housing contribution and claimed sustainability of location, particularly given the Green Belt's status as an area of particular importance under Framework paragraph 11d).
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved UDP Policy 3.3UDP Policy GP2UDP Policy ENV32SAD Policy GB1UDP Policy 3.2UDP Policy 3.4UDP Policy 3.5UDP Policy ENV7SAD Policy EN1Black Country Core Strategy Policy EN1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 152Paragraph 154Paragraph 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.
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