Mill Green Farm, Back Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0LR

Planning appeal 3329014 at Mill Green Farm, Back Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0LR (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 March 2025 by Inspector Plenty B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the existing building would be suitable for conversion.

change of use of stables to residential

Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Plenty B
Postcode: WS9 0LR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the existing building would be suitable for conversion
Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
Whether the proposed development would affect the integrity of the Cannock Chase SAC
If the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether any harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances to justify it

What decided it

The proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause moderate harm to openness and substantial harm to rural character and appearance, with the identified benefits of limited to moderate weight insufficient to clearly outweigh this harm and establish very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: UDP saved policy 3.3SAD Policy GB1CS Policy EQ2ENV2ENV3UDP saved policies GP2ENV7ENV32DW3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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