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Dismissed8 April 20253358969

The Retreat, Coventry Road, Princethorpe, Rugby, CV23 9QF

Planning appeal 3358969 at The Retreat, Coventry Road, Princethorpe, Rugby, CV23 9QF (Rugby Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 April 2025 by Inspector Billings C, 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 relevant development plan policies.

infill development comprising two new dwellings with associated access and landscaping

Authority
Rugby Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Billings C
Postcode
CV23 9QF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
  • 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 proposal

What decided it

The proposal would cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt through the addition of considerable built form in an otherwise open part of the site, and the claimed benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm to constitute very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GP2Policy GP1Policy SDC1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 142Paragraph 15

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