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Allowed23 October 20243342254

59-61 Wednesbury Road, Walsall, WS1 4JL

Planning appeal 3342254 at 59-61 Wednesbury Road, Walsall, WS1 4JL (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 23 October 2024 by Inspector Pipe C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupiers.

Change of use of Industrial (E) to Residential (C3) to deliver 11 self-contained apartments assisted living with 2 rooms for staff for 24/7 staffing

Authority
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Pipe C
Postcode
WS1 4JL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupiers
  • living conditions of adjoining and nearby occupiers in respect of increased anti-social behaviour and fear of crime
  • the highway network
  • accessibility

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites engaged the presumption in favour of allowing residential development, and the benefits of specialist housing delivery in a sustainable location outweighed the limited financial harm from the unresolved open space contribution.

the benefits of specialist housing delivery in a sustainable location and the presumption in favour of residential development due to housing land supply shortfall outweighed the harm from the failure to secure the open space contribution of £8,489

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LC1Policy GP2Policy ENV32Policy CSP4Policy ENV3Policy GP5Policy GP6Policy TRAN2Policy T4Policy T7Policy T13Policy HC2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 137

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