®Planning appeal decision
Giles House Farm, Bromsgrove Road, Belbroughton, DY9 9TY
Planning appeal 3376479 at Giles House Farm, Bromsgrove Road, Belbroughton, DY9 9TY (Bromsgrove District Council) was dismissed on 10 March 2026 by Inspector Bromley N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to local and national policies and access to services and facilities.
Application for Permission in Principle for the Erection of Up to Four Dwellings
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bromley N
- Postcode
- DY9 9TY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to local and national policies and access to services and facilities
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- 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 is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and is located in an unsustainable location with poor accessibility to services, and these harms are not clearly outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
The substantial weight given to harm by inappropriateness and harm to openness of the Green Belt, combined with substantial weight to the unsuitability of the location, was not clearly outweighed by the modest weight afforded to housing supply benefits and the limited weight given to the fallback position, resulting in dismissal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BDP1Policy BDP2Policy BDP4Policy BDP16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
- Judgments
- Mansell v Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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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