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Land Adjacent To Temple Cloud, Benton Green Lane, Berkswell, Solihull, West Midlands, CV7 7AY
Planning appeal 3340323 at Land Adjacent To Temple Cloud, Benton Green Lane, Berkswell, Solihull, West Midlands, CV7 7AY (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 September 2024 by Inspector Westbrook J, 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 NPPF December 2023 and relevant development plan policies, including consideration of the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.
the replacement of a caravan with a building to be used on a permanent basis as a day room for children in association with the equestrian use of land and stables
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Westbrook J
- Postcode
- CV7 7AY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the NPPF December 2023 and relevant development plan policies, including consideration of the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- If inappropriate, 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 proposal
What decided it
The replacement of a mobile caravan with a materially larger permanent building would cause substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes, and no other considerations clearly outweigh this harm to constitute very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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