®Planning appeal decision
Wyre Mill House Mill Lane, Wolverley, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5TR
Planning appeal 3338779 at Wyre Mill House Mill Lane, Wolverley, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5TR (Wyre Forest District Council) was dismissed on 24 October 2024 by Inspector Hall R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework.
‘erection of a local affordable self build house’
- Authority
- Wyre Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hall R
- Postcode
- DY11 5TR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development, with regard to the development strategy of focusing development on urban areas
- Whether it has been demonstrated that the proposal is acceptable with respect to flood risk
- Whether any harm by 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 combination of inappropriate Green Belt development, failure to satisfy the rural exception site criteria, unresolved flood risk concerns, and the absence of very special circumstances to justify the proposal resulted in dismissal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM.22Policy SP.11Policy SP.2Policy SP.1Policy SP.12Policy SP.13Policy SP.31
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
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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