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

erection of a single dwelling

Authority: Lichfield District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Plenty B

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

The proposals would constitute acceptable infill development within an established village settlement in the Green Belt, with no material harm to protected trees, highway safety, protected species, or biodiversity, and compliance with the development plan when taken as a whole.

Framework references: 11, 55, 115, 116, 154, 187

Plan policies cited: Policy BE1, Policy NR4, Policy CP3, Policy CP13, Policy NR3

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What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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