A DEVELOPER has won a
long-running battle with council bosses to build a house on land off Avenue
Road in Dorridge.
David Acton has won an appeal
over the plan for a four-bedroom house at 1a Spring Coppice Drive at the independent
Planning Inspectorate.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough
Council rejected three variations on the plan since 2010. The council’s deision
on one was upheld on appeal last year.
The council said the latest
plan – which does not include a basement - was still too large and had
insufficient gaps between neighbouring properties.
It said it “would result in a
cramped and incongruous addition to the streetscene that would have a harmful
impact to the spacious character and appearance of the area”.
But the inspecor said: “As a
result of the substantial changes to the size of the proposed
dwelling, the enhanced
distances to plot boundaries and between buildings and in the interest of
fairness in relation to the consideration of other recent development permitted
in the area, including Spring Coppice Drive, the proposed development should be
allowed.”
They added: “I appreciate
that objectors have the justifiable aim to try and prevent harm to
the spacious feel and
character of their area but change in this short cul-de sac and others nearby
is not new and there has been a long standing permission for development on the
site.”
The land was part of the
garden of 62 Avenue Road. A plan to knock that house down for two homes was
rejected on appeal last year. Plans to extend the home were approved this year.
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