29 Reedswood Close, Walsall, WS2 8QJ

Planning appeal 3349150 at 29 Reedswood Close, Walsall, WS2 8QJ (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 November 2024 by Inspector Raygen Z, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation.

a new dwelling house

Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Raygen Z
Postcode: WS2 8QJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation
The effect of the proposal on highway safety
Whether the proposal provides acceptable living conditions for future residents

What decided it

The proposal would have a significant effect on the integrity of the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation due to the absence of a legal agreement securing the required mitigation payment, contrary to Policy ENV1 of the Core Strategy and the Framework.

The social and economic benefits of providing one house at a time when the Council cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply were not sufficient to outweigh the conflict with the development plan's nature conservation aims.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy ENV1 of the Core StrategyPolicy T13 of the Walsall Unitary Development Plan 2005Policy GP2 of the UDPPolicy ENV3 of the Black Country Core Strategy 2011Policy DW3 and Appendix D of the Designing Walsall Supplementary Planning Document adopted 2008 and revised 2013
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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