®Planning appeal decision
Little Lightwood Farm Lightwood Lane, Cotheridge, WORCESTER, WR6 5LT
change of use of land from agriculture to provide an extension to an existing caravan storage facility (B8 Use) and associated access track and landscaping
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Willis S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development has been sufficiently justified with regard to the local development strategy
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The failure to justify the development against the local development strategy through lack of evidence that site intensification was unviable or impractical, combined with unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the rural area.
The limited economic and social benefits and moderate biodiversity enhancements were outweighed by the unacceptable harm to character and appearance and conflict with the development plan read as a whole.
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP2, Policy SWDP12, Policy SWDP8, Policy SWDP21, Policy SWDP25, Policy P7
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.