Planning appeal decision
Appletrees Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4AF
Planning appeal 3363193 at Appletrees Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4AF (Bromsgrove District Council) was dismissed on 2 September 2025 by Inspector Indermaur S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
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- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Indermaur S
- Postcode
- B60 4AF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- if the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reasons of inappropriateness, along with any other harm resulting from the proposal is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal amounts to inappropriate development causing disproportionate additions to the original dwelling in breach of Policy BDP4, and no very special circumstances exist to justify it because the fallback position cannot be prevented from being implemented cumulatively with the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BDP4
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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