®Planning appeal decision
Saltways Cheshire Home, Church Road, Webheath, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 5PD
Planning appeal 3362608 at Saltways Cheshire Home, Church Road, Webheath, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 5PD (Redditch Borough Council) was allowed on 31 July 2025 by Inspector Hall R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed variation to condition 6 (of permission Ref 77/12) and condition 2 (of permission Ref 81/420) would conflict with the use described on the associated planning permissions.
Phase II extension, Saltways Cheshire Home, Church Road, Webheath, Redditch, without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 77/12, dated 24 March 1977
- Authority
- Redditch Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hall R
- Postcode
- B97 5PD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed variation to condition 6 (of permission Ref 77/12) and condition 2 (of permission Ref 81/420) would conflict with the use described on the associated planning permissions
- whether the proposed variation would be acceptable having regard to the location of the appeal site and its accessibility by sustainable transport modes
- whether the proposed variation would be acceptable having regard to its effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants, with particular regard to privacy, and noise and disturbance
- whether the proposed variation would be acceptable having regard to its effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- whether the proposed variation would be acceptable having regard to its effect on crime and the fear of crime
What decided it
The Inspector concluded that any potential harm from broadening the permitted care use to include hospital use could be adequately controlled through planning conditions (noise management plan and landscaping), removing the Council's principal objections.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 44Policy 30Policy 19Policy 39Policy 40Policy 2
- Judgments
- Finney v Welsh Ministers and Others [2019] EWCA Civ 1868
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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