Rock Farm, Rock Cross, Rock, KIDDERMINSTER, DY14 9SA

construction of detached dwelling

Authority: Wyre Forest District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Jones M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the site would be suitable for the development having regard to the development plan's approach to the supply of housing, with reference to the accessibility of services and facilities
the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area bearing in mind the special attention that should be paid to the desirability of preserving the setting of the Grade I listed building the Church of St Peter and St Paul

What decided it

The conflict with the Local Plan's spatial strategy and the less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade I listed Church, with public benefits insufficient to outweigh this harm, determined the dismissal.

Framework references: 15, 78, 80, 199, 202

Plan policies cited: Policy SP.1, Policy SP.2, Policy SP.6, Policy SP.11, Policy SP.20, Policy SP.21, Policy SP.22, Policy SP.27, Policy DM.23

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