®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To The White House, Astwood Lane Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, B96 6PT
Planning appeal 6003258 at Land Adjacent To The White House, Astwood Lane Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, B96 6PT (Redditch Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 June 2026 by Inspector M Russell, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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- Authority
- Redditch Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- M Russell
- 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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2Policy 8Policy 19Policy 20
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 11
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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