Willow Farm, Harley Lane

1. 1.The application building secures access from Harley Lane via a private track which for the initial approximately 55 metres of its length also serves as Public Right of Way (being Footpath Abbots Bromley 15). For much of this length the track is largely single width with no passing points and no lighting and is largely enclosed (on both sides) by mature and substantive hedgerows and due to the topography and its alignment there is not at all times clear forward visibility through to its junction with Harley Lane, at which point there is also a substandard access with the public highway with inadequate visibility splays. The proposed conversion of the agricultural building into 2 No residential dwelling units would generate additional traffic movements along this access track to the public highway which due to its narrowness, lack of passing bays and no dedicated footpath and lighting, along with the restricted forward visibility and inadequate junction visibility splays would be likely to increase the risk of conflict between vehicles, and between vehicles and pedestrians, to the detriment of vehicular and pedestrian safety. Furthermore, there is a lack of pedestrian footways on Harley Lane and it has an unsafe nature as it has a speed limit of 60mph and there is no street lighting or passing places. It is therefore concluded that the scheme for the proposed conversion of the subject barn into two No. dwellings would not have a suitable access to the public highway as required by paragraph Class Q1(p) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and County Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

WS15 3EU

Application type

Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed use/Development

Parish

Abbots Bromley CP

Date validated

21 May 2026

Consultation end

25 June 2026

Target decision date

16 July 2026

Applicant

Bagshaws LLP

Agent

Bagshaws LLP

Case officer

Jacob Paul