®Planning appeal decision
Land Adj 12 Herberts Park Road, Walsall, WS10 8QH
Planning appeal 3327532 at Land Adj 12 Herberts Park Road, Walsall, WS10 8QH (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 January 2024 by Inspector Hughes L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupiers with regard to internal space.
erection of new dwelling
- Authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
- Postcode
- WS10 8QH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupiers with regard to internal space
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- the effect of the proposed development on trees at and around the site
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of No 12 Herberts Park Road and No 13 Herberts Park Road with regard to loss of privacy
What decided it
The significant shortfalls in internal space standards for future occupiers, combined with harm to character and appearance, unresolved highway safety concerns, and insufficient information on tree impacts, cumulatively outweighed the moderate benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in a context of housing land supply shortfall.
The adverse impacts of granting planning permission—inadequate internal space for future occupiers, harm to character and appearance, potential highway safety harm, and potential tree harm—significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic/social benefits, when assessed against the Framework policies taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy ENV32 of the Walsall Unitary Development Plan (2005)Policy HOU2 of the Black Country Core Strategy (2011)Policy HC2 of the Walsall Site Allocations Document (2019)Saved Policy GP2 of the Walsall Unitary Development Plan (2005)Saved Policy T13 of the Walsall Unitary Development Plan (2005)Policy ENV3 of the Black Country Core Strategy (2011)Policy CSP4 of the Black Country Core Strategy (2011)Policy TRAN2 of the Black Country Core Strategy (2011)Policy ENV1 of the Black Country Core Strategy (2011)Saved Policy ENV18 of the Walsall Unitary Development Plan (2005)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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