Planning appeal decision
Lye Head Farm , Lye Head Road, Bewdley, DY12 2UT
Planning appeal 3331657 at Lye Head Farm , Lye Head Road, Bewdley, DY12 2UT (Wyre Forest District Council) was allowed on 14 December 2023 by Inspector McGurk N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposed development would comprise sustainable development.
utilisation of existing outbuilding as a residential annex ancillary to Lye Head Farm. Costs 1. An
- Authority
- Wyre Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- McGurk N
- Postcode
- DY12 2UT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposed development would comprise sustainable development
What decided it
The physical and functional relationship between the proposed annex and the main dwelling, combined with the ability to impose a condition securing ancillary status, satisfied the Inspector that the development would be genuinely ancillary and constitute sustainable development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SP.13DM.29
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
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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