®Planning appeal decision
Land off Brookhouse Road, Barnt Green, Worcestershire, B45 8JR
two storey detached dwelling
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sibley G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal upon the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- whether the site would be a suitable location for residential development with regard to access to services and facilities
- if the development is inappropriate, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the inappropriateness of the development, which are not clearly outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision, mean that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the proposal.
the benefits of delivering a single self-build dwelling on a well-located site with moderate weight, together with limited economic and social benefits and limited environmental benefits, do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the harm arising from inappropriateness
Framework references: 11, 70, 70b, 83, 109, 143, 154e, 157
Plan policies cited: Policy BDP4, High Quality Design Supplementary Planning Document (adopted 2019), Lickey & Blackwell and Coften Hackett Neighbourhood Plan 2018-2030 (made 2020)
Judgments cited: Wood v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWHC Civ 195
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