Planning appeal decision
The Old Barn, Fen End Road, Fen End, Solihull, CV8 1NS
Planning appeal 3328110 at The Old Barn, Fen End Road, Fen End, Solihull, CV8 1NS (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 20 February 2024 by Inspector Wilkinson H, 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 relevant development plan policies.
a replacement curtilage building for office and gym with WC
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson H
- Postcode
- CV8 1NS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
What decided it
The replacement building would not be materially larger than the existing building it replaces, satisfying the exception in paragraph 154(d) of the Framework and therefore not constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
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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