®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Greenways, Church Lane, Alcester, B49 6NX
use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes for 1 No. Gypsy pitch, with two caravans (one mobile home and one touring caravan), together with the formation of hardstanding and utility/day room ancillary to that use and creation of a new access (existing to be closed)
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Owen A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area including the Arden Special Landscape Area
- If that effect is unacceptably harmful, whether any other considerations outweigh that harm
What decided it
The substantial weight attributable to the unmet need for gypsy and traveller accommodation, and the absence of alternative sites for the appellant, outweighed the harm to the character and appearance of the area and the Arden Special Landscape Area.
The harm to the character and appearance of the area and the Arden SLA, and the resulting conflict with the development plan as a whole, was outweighed by the substantial weight given to the unmet need for gypsy and traveller accommodation, leading to a temporary permission being granted.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS.5, Policy CS.9, Policy CS.12, Policy CS.21, Policy CS.4, Policy CS.15
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.