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Split Decision6 February 20263342673

Land at Oak Meadow Farm, Honeybrook Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5QS

Planning appeal 3342673 at Land at Oak Meadow Farm, Honeybrook Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5QS (Wyre Forest District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 6 February 2026 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Erection of a new dwellinghouse and the creation of a new access

Authority
Wyre Forest District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Ghafoor A
Postcode
DY11 5QS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • The effect on openness and purposes of the Green Belt
  • Effect on landscape character
  • If the development constitutes inappropriate development, whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The development met NPPF155 criteria for residential development in the Green Belt, particularly the demonstrable unmet need for self-build housing plots, and any landscape harm could be adequately mitigated by conditions.

The benefits of providing accommodation for a self-build project and meeting demonstrable unmet need for self-build plots outweighed any limited harm to landscape character from the access, with conditions providing a proportionate response to make the development acceptable.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
DM.22SP.2SP.11SP22SP.28SP.23
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 115Paragraph 116
Judgments
R v Leominster DC Ex p. Antique Country Buildings Ltd [1988] JPL 554; Mole Valley DC v Secretary of State [2025] EWHC 2127 (Admin); R (Lee Valley Regional Park Authority) v Epping Forest DC [2016] EWCA Civ 404

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