®Planning appeal decision
FIVE SPICE RESTUARANT, STOURBRIDGE ROAD, BELBROUGHTON, DY9 9TX
for Permission in Principle proposing the demolition of existing buildings and erection of 4 dwellings
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- DY9 9TX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2024 and relevant development plan policies
- whether the site would be a sustainable location for the proposed development, with particular regard to sustainable modes of transport and pedestrian safety
What decided it
The site's unsustainable location, with inadequate access to services and facilities by sustainable transport modes and significant pedestrian and cyclist safety concerns, means the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest housing supply benefits.
The modest benefits of contributing 4 dwellings to the Council's shortfall in housing land supply (2.24 years) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm of locating residential development in an unsustainable location contrary to Framework paragraph 115, with particular regard to key policies for directing development to sustainable locations.
Framework references: 142, 143, 154, 155, 115, 78, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy BDP4, Policy BDP1, Policy BDP2, Policy BDP15, Policy BDP16
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.