Old Yarr, Blaze Lane, Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, B96 6QA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• Whether the development is inappropriate development for the purposes of the development plan and the Framework
• If the development is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
• The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it (Horse Walker)
• The effect on the character and appearance of the area (Horse Walker)

What decided it

Whether each individual structure amounted to inappropriate development in the Green Belt and, where it did, whether sufficient very special circumstances existed to outweigh the substantial harm to openness and Green Belt purposes.

For the Equine Store, Stable Block and Horse Walker, the substantial harm by reason of inappropriateness and to openness/Green Belt purposes was not clearly outweighed by the limited/little weight personal equestrian and unspecified agricultural benefits, so the appeals failed; for the Dark Blue Dwelling no Green Belt harm arose at all, so the balance did not need to be struck and the appeal succeeded.