®Planning appeal decision
The Stables/Fosse Corner, Fosse Way (Opposite Junction With Millers Lane), Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, CV23 0RL
Planning appeal 3339499 at The Stables/Fosse Corner, Fosse Way (Opposite Junction With Millers Lane), Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, CV23 0RL (Rugby Borough Council) was allowed on 19 March 2025 by Inspector Law T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Change of use of land to use as a residential caravan site for one gypsy family with one static caravan and one touring caravan, together with laying of hard standing and erection of one stable/utility building
- Authority
- Rugby Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Law T
- Postcode
- CV23 0RT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The combination of substantial unmet need for gypsy and traveller pitches, absence of alternative accommodation, best interests of the children, and the failure of policy to deliver sites over several years, together with the localised visual impact due to the small scale and existing landscaping, clearly outweighed the harm to the Green Belt and character to establish very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GP2Policy DS2Policy SDC1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 28
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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