Land North of Millers Close, Welford on Avon, CV37 8QG

Planning appeal 3297821 at Land North of Millers Close, Welford on Avon, CV37 8QG (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was allowed on 30 January 2023 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the legal agreement would make appropriate provision for the delivery of the proposal as self-build and custom housebuilding.

an outline application for the construction of up to ten self-build/custom-build dwellings, alterations to access and laying out of public open space (approval sought for access and layout at outline stage)

Authority: Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Stephens K
Postcode: CV37 8QG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the legal agreement would make appropriate provision for the delivery of the proposal as self-build and custom housebuilding

What decided it

The significant shortfall of 81 self-build and custom housebuilding plots in the district, combined with the statutory duty to deliver such plots and the adequacy of a 12-month marketing period to secure delivery as self-build housing, outweighed the conflict with the development plan spatial strategy policies.

The conflict with spatial strategy policies was outweighed by the material consideration of considerable weight that the proposal would appropriately deliver self-build and custom housebuilding to address a significant shortfall of plots, together with the provision of 10 houses and associated economic and social benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS15Policy CS16Policy AS10Policy HCU1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 57

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