Planning appeal decision
Development Land, Corner of Waterloo Road and Wellington Road , Bidford on Avon, B50 4JN
Planning appeal 3262802 at Development Land, Corner of Waterloo Road and Wellington Road , Bidford on Avon, B50 4JN (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was allowed on 13 August 2021 by Inspector Woodwards O, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal would result in the unacceptable loss of an employment site.
the erection of 50 affordable houses
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Woodwards O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would result in the unacceptable loss of an employment site
What decided it
The appeal site had not functioned as an employment site for over a decade, was vacant and unallocated for employment use, and no substantive evidence demonstrated any realistic prospect of employment use returning, so the loss was not unacceptable.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H4Policy CS.22Policy ECON1Policy ECON2Policy CS4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 123Paragraph 81
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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