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The Woodlands Lodge Green Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7JG

PL/2025/02055/PPFLMinor Full OtherRefused
Full

Refused on 5 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Extension to existing outbuilding, changing the use of land from agricultural to residential garden and the laying of hardstanding and a gravel access track.

Received
3 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meriden
Agent
Simple Planning Solutions Ltd
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Woodlands Lodge Green Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7JG. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Meriden. We hold 1,121 applications in total for the CV7 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed extension of the ancillary residential land serving The Woodlands into the adjoining Green Belt as proposed, together with the associated and urbanising hard surface materials used to surface the site, constitutes a change of use of land that would result in the domestication of open countryside and would introduce domestic paraphernalia, activity and the parking of cars etc. leading to encroachment into the Green Belt. This would cause harm to the openness and purposes of the Green Belt and would constitute inappropriate development that is contrary to guidance contained with National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Policy P17 of the Solihull Local Plan (2013) which seeks to protect the Green Belt from inappropriate development. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated which clearly outweigh the identified harm to the Green Belt.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CV7 7JG
Application type
Minor Full Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Meriden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025
Consultation expiry
15 December 2025
Consultation start
13 November 2025
Consultation end
11 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
19 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 December 2025
Last date for comments
15 December 2025
Target decision date
8 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simple Planning Solutions Ltd
Agent address
51 Allesley Hall Drive Coventry CV5 9NS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 November 2025
Site notice end
15 December 2025

Appeal history

6006096
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 May 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14458263
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Solihull
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Mar

    Erection of dormer roof extension to rear.

    RefusedHouseholderPL/2026/00510/MINFHO

Source: Solihull

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