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Dismissed22 February 20243327296

Land West of Hams Hall Roundabout and South of Marsh Lane, Curdworth, B76 0AA

Planning appeal 3327296 at Land West of Hams Hall Roundabout and South of Marsh Lane, Curdworth, B76 0AA (North Warwickshire Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 February 2024 by Inspector Housden S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and if inappropriate, the effect on openness and on Green Belt purposes.

outline application for an overnight truck stop comprising 200 HGV spaces and associated facilities including fuel refuelling station, amenities building, electric vehicle charging points, staff and other car parking, and landscaping. Including details of vehicular access from Marsh Lane, all other matters reserved

Authority
North Warwickshire Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Major retail and services
Inspector
Housden S
Postcode
B76 0AA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and if inappropriate, the effect on openness and on Green Belt purposes
  • The effect on the form and character of the area, having particular regard to the effect on landscape character
  • The effect on the living conditions of nearby residents
  • Whether or not any harm arising from inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, including any public benefits, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The very substantial combined weight of Green Belt inappropriateness and landscape harm was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist.

The significant weight given to the need for HGV parking facilities and moderate weight to biodiversity gains did not clearly outweigh the very substantial weight against the proposal arising from Green Belt inappropriateness combined with moderate landscape character harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LP3Policy LP1Policy LP14Policy LP29Policy LP30Policy LP34Policy LP16
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 113Paragraph 180

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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