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Vesey House, Doggy Day Care, Wylde Green Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B76 1QT
Planning appeal 3368676 at Vesey House, Doggy Day Care, Wylde Green Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B76 1QT (Birmingham City Council) was allowed on 5 December 2025 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- B76 1QT
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy TP10Policy PG3Policy TP12Policy TP21
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
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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