®Planning appeal decision
Land off Morris Road, Broadway, WR12 7DZ
Planning appeal 3289569 at Land off Morris Road, Broadway, WR12 7DZ (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 13 June 2022 by Inspector Prentis D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including any effects on the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Residential development of up to 9 dwellings with associated access and internal roads, footpaths, parking, landscaping, public open space, pedestrian access to adjoining orchard land, pumping station and other associated works and infrastructure
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Prentis D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including any effects on the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- the effect of the proposal on green space
- the effect of the proposal on the historic environment, including any effects on the Broadway Conservation Area through development in its setting and any effects on the archaeological potential of the site
- whether the proposals would make efficient use of land, including the effect of density on housing mix and the amount of affordable housing that may be delivered
- housing land supply
What decided it
The harm to the Broadway Conservation Area's setting and to the special qualities of the Cotswolds AONB, together with conflict with the development plan as a whole, outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery.
The less than substantial harm to the conservation area, harm to the AONB and loss of Green Space outweighed the moderate weight given to the social and economic benefits of housing delivery, including affordable housing.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CE1Policy SWDP 23Policy SWDP 25Policy SWDP 38Policy SWDP 6Policy SWDP 24Policy SWDP 13Policy SWDP 15Policy SWDP 2Policy SWDP 22Policy NE.3Policy BE.1Policy NE.1Policy HD.7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 74Paragraph 176
- Judgments
- Tewkesbury Borough Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2021] EWHC 2782
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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