®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To The White House, Astwood Lane Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, B96 6PT
planning in principle for 3x dwellings
- Authority
- Redditch Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- B96 6PT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development in respect of its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development having regard to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect on the openness of the Green Belt, and whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances
What decided it
The site's location outside the settlement boundary in the Green Belt, combined with its unsustainable location lacking accessibility to services and facilities, means the proposal constitutes inappropriate development causing substantial harm to openness that is not outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the unsustainable location were not outweighed by the modest benefits of providing three dwellings and limited socio-economic benefits, even in the absence of a five-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 154, 155, 110, 115, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 2, Policy 8, Policy 19, Policy 20
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.