®Planning appeal decision
Farthings Paddock, Great Moor Road, Pattingham, Staffordshire, WV6 7AU
erection of timber boundary treatment at a height of 1.2m, forming a subdivided plot of land subject to a title split. Erection of a 10' wide steel gate facing Great Moor Road, to facilitate access to the site for ongoing maintenance and grass cutting
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Garrard M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of development on highway safety
- 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 inappropriate development in the Green Belt, combined with harm to openness, character and appearance, and highway safety, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy policy GB1, Core Strategy Policy EQ11
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