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Allowed3 February 20253347622

Stables, Norton Green Lane, Knowle, Solihull, B93 8PJ

Planning appeal 3347622 at Stables, Norton Green Lane, Knowle, Solihull, B93 8PJ (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 3 February 2025 by Inspector Clowes M, 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.

Conversion of former stables to a single dwelling

Authority
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Clowes M
Postcode
B93 8PJ

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
  • Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to local and national planning policy for the delivery of housing and accessibility to services and facilities
  • Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm would be outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The building qualifies as a non-designated heritage asset and residential conversion represents its optimal viable use under paragraph 84(b) of the Framework, which justifies the location as a suitable one for housing despite its countryside setting.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy P17Policy P7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 155Paragraph 108Paragraph 84Paragraph 56
Judgments
Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2017] EWHC 2743 (Admin); [2018] EWCA Civ 610

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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