®Planning appeal decision
LAND TO REAR OF, 22 MELBOURNE ROAD, HALESOWEN, B63 3NB
erection of two storey apartment block containing 4. no dwellings, with courtyard garden and roof terrace at first floor
- Authority
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marshall E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The impact of the proposal upon the character and quality of the area and the existing residential context
- Neighbouring residential amenity with regard to loss of outlook and overbearingness and amenity of future occupiers with regard to outlook and general amenity
- Accessibility and highway safety
- Trees and ecology
What decided it
The cumulative impact of harm to character and appearance, residential amenity, highway safety, parking provision, and tree and ecological concerns significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing supply when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The strong weight attached to housing supply and the social and economic benefits of the development were outweighed by the cumulative harm to character, highway safety, residential amenity, and ecological and tree concerns, which significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 135
Plan policies cited: Black Country Core Strategy Policy ENV2, Black Country Core Strategy Policy ENV3, Black Country Core Strategy Policy HOU2, Black Country Core Strategy Policy CSP4, Black Country Core Strategy Policy TRAN2, Dudley Borough Development Strategy Policy S6, Dudley Borough Development Strategy Policy S8, Dudley Borough Development Strategy Policy L1, Dudley Borough Development Strategy Policy S17, Dudley Borough Development Strategy Policy S19, Dudley Borough Development Strategy Policy S21, Dudley Borough Development Strategy Policy S22, Dudley Borough Development Strategy Policy S1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.