®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed15 December 20253369762
Rose Cottage, Lavender Hall Lane, Berkswell, Solihull, COVENTRY, CV7 7BL
change of use of grass area purchased from neighbouring field from agricultural to residential to form a garden
- Authority
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Townend K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect on openness
- the effect of the development on the character of the area with particular regard to the Berkswell Conservation Area
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would cause substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness, and less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area, which would not be clearly outweighed by any other considerations amounting to very special circumstances.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy P17, Policy P16, Policy P15, Policy B3, Policy B5
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.