®Planning appeal decision
Land at Drakelow Lane, Wolverley, Wolverley, Worcestershire , DY11 5TQ
Planning appeal 3358562 at Land at Drakelow Lane, Wolverley, Wolverley, Worcestershire , DY11 5TQ (Wyre Forest District Council) was allowed on 5 June 2025 by Inspector Willows P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and its purposes.
without planning permission: i. the construction of an unauthorised hardcore pad, ii. the storage of materials, waste and items not associated with an agricultural use of the Land and iii. the material change of use of Land from agricultural to a mixed-use comprising agriculture and the stationing of a campervan/motorhome for residential occupation
- Authority
- Wyre Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Willows P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and its purposes.
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the locality, the Wolverley Conservation Area and other heritage assets.
- Whether the harm to the Green Belt, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, including any need for the development and the personal circumstances of those living at the site, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year supply of deliverable Gypsy and Traveller pitches combined with the appellants' compelling personal and health circumstances justified only a temporary 3-year permission, as the harm to the Green Belt and heritage assets was not clearly outweighed on a permanent basis.
the harm from inappropriate development in the Green Belt, loss of openness and harm to the conservation area and heritage setting was not clearly outweighed by other considerations on a permanent basis, but was clearly outweighed by the accommodation need, lack of 5-year pitch supply and the appellants' personal and health circumstances when the permission was limited to a temporary 3-year period
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM.22Policy SP.14Policy SP.2Policy SP.20Policy SP.21Policy DM.23Policy DM.24Policy DM.26Policy DM.5Policy SA.K17Policy SP.11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 153
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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