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Notice varied and upheld14 May 20263377300

Land Adjacent to White House Farm Industrial Estate, Oxford Road, Princethorpe, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 9QD

Planning appeal 3377300 at Land Adjacent to White House Farm Industrial Estate, Oxford Road, Princethorpe, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 9QD (Rugby Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 14 May 2026 by Inspector Thompson F, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy.

without the benefit of planning permission engineering operations comprising of the importation and laying down of materials to materially raise the ground level and to form a bund

Authority
Rugby Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Thompson F
Postcode
CV23 9QD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy.
  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
  • If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.

What decided it

The other considerations raised (security, ecology, human rights) did not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and to openness, so very special circumstances did not exist.

the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and to openness was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations (security, ecology, human rights), so very special circumstances did not exist and the appeal on ground (a) failed

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GP2Policy SDC1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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