®Planning appeal decision
Old Beretun , Barnes Wood Lane, Whitacre Heath, West Midlands, B46 2EF
Planning appeal 3335824 at Old Beretun , Barnes Wood Lane, Whitacre Heath, West Midlands, B46 2EF (North Warwickshire Borough Council) was dismissed on 31 May 2024 by Inspector Bromley N, 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 any relevant development plan policies, including assessing the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.
detached two bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- North Warwickshire Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bromley N
- Postcode
- B46 2EF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including assessing the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether or not the location would be suitable for housing having regard to accessibility to services and facilities
- Whether or not the location would be suitable for housing having regard to flood risk
- If the proposal is found to be inappropriate development, 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 proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness, is located in an unsuitable area lacking accessibility to services and facilities, fails the sequential flood risk test, and the limited benefits do not clearly outweigh these harms to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP1Policy LP2Policy LP3Policy LP33Policy HP1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 12Paragraph 83Paragraph 142Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 168Paragraph 174
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in North Warwickshire
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Dismissed3 August 20266010427Land Opposite Quarry House, Nuneaton Road, Furnace End, Coleshill, B46 2NG
- Dismissed30 July 20266009798Land 120m North East of Ridley House, Ridley Lane, Nether Whitacre, B46 2DH
- Allowed22 June 20266004388Land Between 10 And 32, Birmingham Road, Whitacre Heath, B46 2EN
- Allowed29 January 20266001004Cliff Meadows, Tamworth Road, Kingsbury, B78 2DS
- Allowed11 December 20253349391Land 800 Metres South Of Park House Farm, Meriden Road, Fillongley, Warwickshire, CV7 8BP
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.