®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed27 December 20243347819
830 Chester Road, Walsall, WS9 0LS
Retrospective application for a first-floor side extension
- Authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Plenty B
- Postcode
- WS9 0LS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed extension on the character and appearance of the area
- if the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances to justify it
What decided it
The disproportionate increase in floorspace (49%) combined with moderate harm to Green Belt openness was not outweighed by any other considerations, and very special circumstances were not demonstrated.
Framework references: 154, 142, 153
Plan policies cited: Policy GB2, Policy CSP2, Policy CSP4, Policy ENV2, Policy GP2, Policy ENV32
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.