The Stables, Barretts Lane, Balsall Common, West Midlands, CV7 7GB

Change of use of barn, together with the addition of extensions (Previously approved under PL/2015/51111/PPL, PL/2017/02826/PPFL and PL/2020/01647/PPFL)

Authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Stephens K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether Condition 6 restricting the installation of photovoltaic panels on the new garage roof is reasonable and necessary, having regard to the Barn's status as a Grade II listed building

What decided it

The photovoltaic panels are proposed for installation on a new detached garage building that is not part of the listed building and therefore section 17 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 does not permit the imposition of Condition 6 on the grant of listed building consent.

Framework references: 57

Plan policies cited: Policy P16

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