®Planning appeal decision
Berries View, Banks Green, Upper Bentley, Worcestershire, B97 5SU
The proposal seeks approval to convert a brick built garage/workshop into a 1/2 bedroom dwelling. Change of use from outbuilding to residential unit
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bromley N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is in a suitable location having regard to local and national policies and access to services and facilities
- the effect of the proposal on protected species, specifically bats
What decided it
The adverse impacts of locating a separate dwelling in a highly inaccessible rural location dependent on private car use, combined with unresolved harm to protected species, significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited benefits of one additional dwelling in an area with housing supply shortfall.
The adverse impacts of unsustainable location and unresolved protected species harm significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited benefits of housing supply contribution and the fallback caravan scheme, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy BDP1, Policy BDP2, Policy BDP21
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.