®Planning appeal decision
Carol Lodge Truggist Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7BX
Planning appeal 3340070 at Carol Lodge Truggist Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7BX (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 10 October 2024 by Inspector Bowden 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, where applicable, its effect on openness.
Conversion and change of use of a domestic outbuilding to a dwellinghouse, with minor alterations and an infill extension, and change of use of land by stable buildings to form part of the associated garden
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bowden N
- Postcode
- CV7 7BX
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, where applicable, its effect on openness
- whether the appeal site represents a suitable location for a new dwelling, having regard to its accessibility to services and facilities
What decided it
The proposal does not constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt and the site is not isolated, being sufficiently well-connected to services and facilities for a rural location, thus complying with the development plan as a whole.
The benefits of the scheme, including a net increase of one dwelling in an area with housing shortfall (assigned significant weight), economic and social benefits from construction and new residents, and environmental benefits from re-use of an existing building, outweigh the limited locational disadvantages of not meeting prescribed distance criteria.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P17Policy P7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 155Paragraph 108
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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