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Allowed29 July 20253359687

Oakfield Stables, Oak Lane, Coventry, CV5 9BY

Planning appeal 3359687 at Oakfield Stables, Oak Lane, Coventry, CV5 9BY (Coventry City Council) was allowed on 29 July 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 National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.

change of use of land from agriculture to residential curtilage and erection of rear extension to existing house

Authority
Coventry City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Billings C
Postcode
CV5 9BY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
  • If inappropriate, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness 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 proposed rear extension meets the exception under NPPF paragraph 154(c) as it does not represent a disproportionate addition to the original building, and therefore the proposal is not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GB1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154

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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