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Allowed29 January 20266001004

Cliff Meadows, Tamworth Road, Kingsbury, B78 2DS

Planning appeal 6001004 at Cliff Meadows, Tamworth Road, Kingsbury, B78 2DS (North Warwickshire Borough Council) was allowed on 29 January 2026 by Inspector Nicholls H, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the disputed conditions are reasonable and necessary with regard to: the effect of the development on openness and on the purposes of Green Belt policy.

change of use of land for a single pitch Gypsy residential site, installation of septic tank, creation of access, driveway, parking area and patio, construction of bunds and erection of gate without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref PAP/2023/0191 (APP/R3705/W/24/3338275), dated 26 July 2024

Authority
North Warwickshire Borough Council
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Unknown
Inspector
Nicholls H
Postcode
B78 2DS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the disputed conditions are reasonable and necessary with regard to: the effect of the development on openness and on the purposes of Green Belt policy
  • the effects of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • the fear of crime
  • if inappropriate, 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 necessary to justify it

What decided it

Limiting the permission to a temporary period reduced the weight attributable to the Green Belt and character/appearance harms so that they were outweighed by the benefits, whereas on a permanent basis they were not.

the harm from inappropriateness, loss of openness, countryside encroachment and moderate harm to character and appearance was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits on a permanent basis, but when time-limited by a temporary permission the reduced weight of those harms was outweighed by the benefits to the family, amounting to very special circumstances

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LP3Policy LP10Policy LP14Policy LP29(17)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 155Paragraph 143
Judgments
Wheatcroft Ltd V SSE [1982]; Holborn Studios Ltd v CLBH [2017] EWHC 2823; West Midlands Probation Committee v SSE and Walsall MBC [1997] JPL 323

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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