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Allowed10 September 20243334752

The Stables, Dale Lane, Lickey End Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1GZ

Planning appeal 3334752 at The Stables, Dale Lane, Lickey End Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1GZ (Bromsgrove District Council) was allowed on 10 September 2024 by Inspector Wood T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

a mixed use for stationing caravans for residential use and the keeping of horses, with dayrooms and existing stable ancillary to that use

Authority
Bromsgrove District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Wood T
Postcode
B60 1GZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • Whether any other harm to the Green Belt results from the development
  • The effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • Whether the 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 necessary to justify it

What decided it

The long-standing, unmet need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches in the district, combined with the Council's inability to identify alternative sites outside the Green Belt, amounted to very special circumstances clearly outweighing the identified Green Belt and character harm.

The substantial harm from inappropriateness, together with harm to openness and moderate harm to character, was clearly outweighed by the significant benefit of contributing to the unmet need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches, amounting to very special circumstances justifying the appeal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BDP4Policy BDP19Policy BDP11
Judgments
Smith v SSLUHC and Others (2022) EWCA Civ 1391

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