Land Adj. to Dingleside, Featherbed Lane, Redditch, B97 5QL

Planning appeal 3375587 at Land Adj. to Dingleside, Featherbed Lane, Redditch, B97 5QL (Redditch Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 April 2026 by Inspector Guest H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use, and the amount of development.

permission in principle for the erection of 1 new dwelling

Authority: Redditch Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Guest H
Postcode: B97 5QL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use, and the amount of development

What decided it

The proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing significant harm to its openness, and this harm is not clearly outweighed by the modest housing benefit, particularly given the failure to provide genuinely sustainable travel choices.

The benefits of housing delivery and modest social and economic benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the conflict with sustainable transport policies, such that very special circumstances do not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 2Policy 8Policy 19Policy 20
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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