65 Wood Lane, Earlswood, SOLIHULL, B94 5JH

change of use from existing outbuilding to separate dwelling with associated changes in fenestration. Access remains the same

Authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Robinson N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal is in a suitable location for housing with regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to services

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, and the substantial weight afforded to housing delivery outweighed the limited weight given to conflict with the spatial strategy.

the benefits of housing delivery and the pressing need for housing in the borough outweighed the limited weight to be afforded to the conflict with the spatial strategy and SLP Policy P7

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: SLP Policy P7

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

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.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.