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Allowed29 May 20253359149

Top Road, Barnacle, Warwickshire, CV7 9FS

Planning appeal 3359149 at Top Road, Barnacle, Warwickshire, CV7 9FS (Rugby Borough Council) was allowed on 29 May 2025 by Inspector Edwards J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Change of use of land to a residential caravan site consisting of 3 no. pitches, including the demolition of existing stables buildings

Authority
Rugby Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Edwards J
Postcode
CV7 9FS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • whether it would be in a suitable location having regard to accessibility to services

What decided it

The finding that the whole site was previously developed land and that the proposal would avoid substantial harm to Green Belt openness, meaning it was not inappropriate development under paragraph 154(g) of the Framework.

with no inappropriate Green Belt development found and accordance with the development plan as a whole, the significant recognised need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches weighed in favour and no other material concerns justified refusal, so the appeal was allowed

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GP2Policy SDC4Policy DS2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 110

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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