Vesey House, Doggy Day Care, Wylde Green Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B76 1QT

retention of mobile coffee cabin as part of existing business as dog daycare (class sui generis)

Authority: Birmingham City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Stephens K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and the development plan, and the effect of the appeal development on the openness of the Green Belt and purposes of including land within it
Whether the development would preserve the Grade II* listed building, known as Vesey House, or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses
Whether the development is in a sequentially preferable site and effect on the vitality or viability of the Wylde Green and Sutton Coldfield local centres
If the development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt, would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The development falls within NPPF exceptions for Green Belt development and preserves both the openness of the Green Belt and the setting of the Grade II* listed building, with the café operating as an ancillary facility to the existing dog day care business.

Framework references: 154

Plan policies cited: Policy TP10, Policy PG3, Policy TP12, Policy TP21

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