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Allowed24 February 20253350671

Land Adjacent To 176 Birmingham Road, Shenstone Woodend, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 0NX

Planning appeal 3350671 at Land Adjacent To 176 Birmingham Road, Shenstone Woodend, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 0NX (Lichfield District Council) was allowed on 24 February 2025 by Inspector Plenty B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed scheme on protected trees.

erection of a single dwelling

Authority
Lichfield District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Plenty B
Postcode
WS14 0NX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed scheme on protected trees
  • The effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular respect to vehicle visibility and on-site manoeuvring
  • The effect of the proposed development on protected species (Appeal B only)
  • Whether the proposal would make a suitable net gain to biodiversity (Appeal B only)

What decided it

Both proposals comply with the development plan when taken as a whole and there are no material considerations that would outweigh this finding, with the key issues of trees, highway safety, protected species and biodiversity all capable of being satisfactorily addressed through conditions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BE1Policy NR4Policy CP3Policy CP13Policy NR3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 55Paragraph 115Paragraph 116Paragraph 154Paragraph 187

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