Swallow Barn, Main Street, Stretton Under Fosse, Warwickshire, CV23 0PE

Planning appeal 3357924 at Swallow Barn, Main Street, Stretton Under Fosse, Warwickshire, CV23 0PE (Rugby Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 June 2025 by Inspector S Edwards, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

alterations to the existing traditional ‘cart shed’ timber framed single garage to support the storage and charging of two electric vehicles

Authority: Rugby Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: S Edwards
Postcode: CV23 0PE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The cumulative impact of the proposed garage extension with previous extensions to the host dwelling would significantly exceed the 25% disproportionality threshold, constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness, and the benefits of EV charging provision were insufficient to clearly outweigh this harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GP2
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 153Paragraph 154

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