G&R Scaffolding Limited, Land adjacent to Oxford Canal, Shilton Lane, Coventry, CV2 2AB

without planning permission, the use of the Land for the storage of scaffolding and associated building / construction equipment and the formation of associated hardstanding and the siting of associated shipping containers, cabin/office buildings and storage stillages

Authority: Coventry City Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Phillips A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the Framework
The effect on the character and appearance of the area
If the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, or any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing harm to openness and character, and the economic benefits of the scaffolding business do not amount to very special circumstances sufficient to justify the development.

Framework references: 154, 143, 155, 156, 157, 110, 115

Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy GB2, Policy DE1

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.