Planning appeal decision
Land off Old Turnpike Road, Crowle, Worcestershire, WR7 4AA
Planning appeal 3271599 at Land off Old Turnpike Road, Crowle, Worcestershire, WR7 4AA (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 12 July 2021 by Inspector Owen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties with regard to noise and disturbance.
a live/work unit
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Owen A
- Postcode
- WR7 4AA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties with regard to noise and disturbance
- whether the proposal would be suitably located in terms of minimising the demand for travel and offering sustainable travel choices
What decided it
The Inspector could not be confident that the development would not generate noise or disturbance unacceptably harming neighbouring residents' living conditions, which outweighed the sustainability benefits of the live/work location.
the sustainability benefits of minimising travel movements and offering sustainable travel choices were outweighed by the unacceptable risk of harm to the living conditions of nearby residents
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP 21Policy SWDP 8 part G viiPolicy SWDP 4
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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