Category: Green Belt
Location: Warwickshire
LPA: LDC
Ecology: S. Christopher Smith
Structural: MARK DADY ASSOCIATES LTD
Architect: Justin Jones
Assignment
To secure planning permission for the conversion of an existing barn into a separate dwellinghouse in Tamworth.
The application site includes a range of traditional brick and tile agricultural buildings located in the open countryside outside and which lies wholly within the West Midlands Green Belt.
How we helped
National policy indicates that within Green Belt, the construction of new buildings is regarded as inappropriate and should not be approved except in very special circumstances.
One such circumstance allows for the re-use of buildings provided they are of permanent and substantial construction.
CT Planning successfully demonstrated that this development represents the re-use of a permanent and substantially constructed building that can be readily converted to residential accommodation without significant demolition or rebuilding of the principal structural elements, which would result in no impact whatsoever to the openness of the green belt.
The outcome
Based on these arguments, it was determined that the proposed development is not inappropriate for the Green Belt and is consistent with both national and local policies. As a result, the application was granted planning permission.
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