®Planning appeal decision
Clee View, Trysull Road, Wombourne, Staffordshire, WV5 8DQ
up to 7No. dwellings
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Brooker M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the site is in a sustainable location with regards to access to services and facilities and sustainable modes of transport
- 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 unsustainable location of the site, due to poor pedestrian access to services and facilities and resulting dependence on private motor cars, rendered the proposal inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.
the significant and persistent undersupply of housing (afforded significant weight) did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt through inappropriateness and loss of openness, and the unsustainable location (afforded substantial weight)
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 143, 154, 155, 156, 157
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy Policy GB1, Core Policy 1
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.