®Planning appeal decision
Land at rear of Kenilworth Road, off The Paddocks, Balsall Common, Solihull, West Midlands, CV7 7SE
‘proposed use of Rare Breed Goats, (Golden Guernsey's) with a barn for the storage of feed and machinery. Retention of static caravan for accommodation of owners of live stock for security and care of the live stock. Storage shed to the side of the caravan and three pens for the live stock’
- Authority
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Moulton E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt, and the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal on protected species
- 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 required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The absence of appropriate ecological surveys demonstrating no harm to protected species and achievement of biodiversity net gain, combined with substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes, could not be clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of rare breed conservation and claimed security needs.
Framework references: 142, 143, 153
Plan policies cited: Policy P17, Policy P15, Policy P10, Policy BE.2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.