Having the marquee “was the only realistic option available to the applicants to secure revenue at anything like the level necessary to continue the upkeep of the heritage asset”, it added.
But objections previously raised by the parish council included the marquee not being in-keeping with the area, complaints of anti-social parking in the surrounding areas due to lack of parking provision and disturbance to neighbours late at night.
Solihull Council planners issued a notice in November that permission had been refused as the temporary fixture would be a “major intervention in this sensitive location” and would “harm the significance” of the Grade ll registered park and garden.
But the planning application stated “the public benefits of the development outweigh any harm to the significance of the identified heritage assets”, adding that the parish council’s concerns are “anachronistic” with no “tangible evidence” for them.