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Allowed21 September 20213259637

Land Parcel 0088, Willow Bank Road, Alderton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8NJ

Planning appeal 3259637 at Land Parcel 0088, Willow Bank Road, Alderton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8NJ (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was allowed on 21 September 2021 by Inspector Porter H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site offers an appropriate location for housing, having regard to the development plan and its strategy for the distribution of new development.

residential development of 28 units, including means of access and landscaping

Authority
Tewkesbury Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Porter H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal site offers an appropriate location for housing, having regard to the development plan and its strategy for the distribution of new development
  • the effect of the proposed development on the local landscape character
  • the effect of the proposed development on the social well-being and community cohesion of Alderton
  • the proposal's effect on mixed and balanced communities

What decided it

The absence of a 5-year housing land supply and the engagement of the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the revised Framework, which outweighed the moderate landscape harm and conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy.

The significant undersupply of housing and the delivery of 28 homes with 40% affordable housing outweighed the moderate harm to local landscape character and the conflict with the spatial strategy of the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP2Policy SD10Policy SD6Policy SD11Policy H1Policy H2Policy H4Policy LE2Policy LND2Policy LAN1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 105Paragraph 174

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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