Brook Farm Cottage, Atherstone Road, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, B46 2LP

Change of use of an agricultural building to form 1 no. dwelling with associated off street parking and external amenity space

Authority: North Warwickshire Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Boughton A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the West Midlands Green Belt
If so, whether other considerations exist that clearly outweigh the totality of harms which would arise from the development, including the non-Green Belt harms as to highway safety, access to services for users and harm to the character and appearance of the landscape

What decided it

The proposal would not preserve the openness of the Green Belt as required by NPPF paragraph 154(h)(iv), and the limited benefits of providing one additional dwelling do not constitute very special circumstances to outweigh the identified harms.

Framework references: 154

Plan policies cited: Policy LP2

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