Top Lodge , Kenilworth Road Balsall Common , Solihull, West Midlands , CV7 7FB

Planning appeal 3346708 at Top Lodge , Kenilworth Road Balsall Common , Solihull, West Midlands , CV7 7FB (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 22 October 2024 by Inspector Townend K, 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 National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

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Authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Townend K
Postcode: CV7 7FB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The fallback position represented by the Certificate of Lawful Development, which would result in very similar harm to the Green Belt, provided the very special circumstances that clearly outweighed the identified harm to justify the appeal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 17 of the Solihull Local Plan 2013
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154Paragraph 153

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