Planning appeal decision
Broomhall Grange, Norton Road, Norton, Worcester, WR5 2PD
Planning appeal 3255153 at Broomhall Grange, Norton Road, Norton, Worcester, WR5 2PD (Malvern Hills District Council) was dismissed on 1 June 2021 by Inspector Hatfield T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would be consistent with planning policy for the Worcester South Urban Extension.
proposed development of 27 dwellings
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hatfield T
- Postcode
- WR5 2PD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be consistent with planning policy for the Worcester South Urban Extension
What decided it
the proposal's conflict with the site-specific requirement of Policy SWDP 45/1 to provide a green space buffer maintaining the separate identities of the existing and proposed communities
the adverse impacts of granting planning permission (harm to the green space buffer objective of Policy SWDP 45) would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits (100% affordable housing, public open space, economic benefits and s106 contributions), even applying the tilted balance
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP 3Policy SWDP 45Policy SWDP 5Policy SWDP 21
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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