®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed26 September 20243340323
Land Adjacent To Temple Cloud, Benton Green Lane, Berkswell, Solihull, West Midlands, CV7 7AY
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
- Authority
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Westbrook J
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.
Framework references: 143, 152, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy P17
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