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Allowed27 February 20253351230

Land At 722 Kenilworth Road and Land Adjacent To Harper Fields Care Home, Balsall Common, CV7 7SR

Planning appeal 3351230 at Land At 722 Kenilworth Road and Land Adjacent To Harper Fields Care Home, Balsall Common, CV7 7SR (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 27 February 2025 by Inspector Heywood S, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The impact of the development on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt.

a hybrid application: full permission for 95 dwellings with associated access, parking and landscape; and outline application for 5 self-build plots, with access discharged

Authority
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Heywood S
Postcode
CV7 7SR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The impact of the development on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt.
  • Its impact on the character and appearance of the area.
  • The transport implications of the development.
  • Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to provide the necessary very special circumstances.

What decided it

The severe and unresolved shortfall in housing land supply, combined with the substantial affordable housing benefit, clearly outweighed the limited Green Belt harm, establishing very special circumstances.

The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm (inappropriateness plus limited harm to openness and purposes) was clearly outweighed by the substantial weight given to housing delivery, significant weight to affordable housing, and further benefits, so that very special circumstances were found to exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy P15Policy BE.2Policy P8Policy P7Policy BE.6Policy P20Policy P4Policy P10Policy P17
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 115Paragraph 156Paragraph 158

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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