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Chatsworth House Broad Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5DP

26/00255/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Full planning application for change of use of agricultural land to domestic garden

Received
30 January 2026
Ward
Tanworth-in-Arden
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Chatsworth House Broad Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5DP. Stratford on Avon has handled 2,465 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 6 weeks longer than Stratford on Avon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Tanworth-in-Arden. We hold 1,038 applications in total for the B94 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Stratford-on-Avon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The application site is located in open countryside with Policy AS.10 of the Core Strategy being applicable. The development fails to meet the requirements of policy AS.10. It is not considered there to be justification for the change of use of land to garden land or that there would be significant public benefits of the scheme. Therefore, the proposal is contrary to AS.10 of the Stratford-on-Avon District Core Strategy (2011- 2031) and subsequently the principle of development is unacceptable.
  2. The Local Planning Authority considers that the proposed development does not meet any forms of development under Policy CS.10 of Section 13 of the NPPF that are not inappropriate development. The proposed development would be located in an area of land considered to be open countryside and would result in harm to the openness of the Green Belt, contrary to one of the purposes of including land within it. Inappropriate development is by definition harmful, and it is not considered that very special circumstances exist to outweigh the harm to the Green Belt along with the other harm identified. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy CS.10 of the Stratford-upon-Avon Core Strategy (2011-2031) and the National Planning Policy Framework 2024. Case Officer: Sarah Leach Reference No.
  3. The Local Planning Authority considers that the change of use of land to garden land would result in harm to the character and appearance of the area and harmful encroachment to the countryside, eroding the rural character of the area and to the detriment of the surrounding landscape. The development would as a result lead to an over-domestication of a countryside location causing harm to the overall landscape quality of the site and its surroundings. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies CS.5, CS.9 and CS.12 of the Stratford-upon-Avon Core Strategy (2011- 2031) and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B94 5DP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tanworth-in-Arden

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 March 2026
Consultation start
9 March 2026
Consultation end
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 March 2026
Target decision date
4 May 2026
Application expires
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Marrons
Agent address
Bridgeway House Bridgeway Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6YX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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: Stratford-on-Avon
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Stratford on Avon

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