®Planning appeal decision
Stables at Hardwick Road, Aldridge, West Midlands, WS9 0SD
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).
Framework references: 11, 142, 143, 152, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Saved UDP Policy 3.3, UDP Policy GP2, UDP Policy ENV32, SAD Policy GB1, UDP Policy 3.2, UDP Policy 3.4, UDP Policy 3.5, UDP Policy ENV7, SAD Policy EN1, Black Country Core Strategy Policy EN1
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.