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Allowed1 June 20213257625

Land off the A38, Tewkesbury Road, Coombe Hill, Gloucestershire , GL19 4AS

Planning appeal 3257625 at Land off the A38, Tewkesbury Road, Coombe Hill, Gloucestershire , GL19 4AS (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was allowed on 1 June 2021 by Inspector Clark P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would be an appropriate location for new residential development of the scale proposed.

residential development (up to 150 dwellings), associated infrastructure, ancillary facilities, open space and landscaping. Construction of a new vehicular and pedestrian access from the A38 and pedestrian access to the A4019

Authority
Tewkesbury Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Clark P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site would be an appropriate location for new residential development of the scale proposed.
  • The effect of the quantity of development proposed on the character and appearance of the area.
  • The effects of the proposal on the Coombe Hill Canal SSSI and the Severn Estuary SPA (including the adequacy of on-site mitigation and ecological enhancements).
  • The effects of the proposal on flooding on and off the site.
  • The effects of the proposal on the supply of market and affordable housing.
  • The effects of the proposal on the demand for, and provision of, Schools.
  • The effects of the proposal on the demand for, and supply of, open space, outdoor recreation, sports and community facilities.

What decided it

The significant benefit of housing delivery, enhanced by the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and a substantial plan-period shortfall, clearly outweighed the sole identified harm — a practically imperceptible degree of less-than-substantial harm to the setting of a nearby listed building.

The public benefits of the proposal, principally the significant contribution to housing supply (enhanced by the housing land supply shortfall), clearly outweighed the minor, practically imperceptible harm to the setting of the nearby listed building, so the appeal was allowed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP2Policy SD10Policy SD9Policy SD12Policy SD4Policy SD11Policy SD3Policy SD6Policy INF2Policy INF3Policy INF4Policy INF6Policy INF7Policy RCN1Policy GNL11Policy COO1Policy RES1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 177
Judgments
R v Rochdale MBC ex parte Tew and Others [1999] 3 PLR 74; R v Rochdale MBC ex parte Milne [2000] EWHC 650 (Admin); RSPB v SofSCLG [2014] EWHC 1523 (Admin)

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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