®Planning appeal decision
Station House, Newnham Bridge, TENBURY WELLS, WR15 8JE
the erection of 5no. self-build dwellings and demolition of existing greenhouses
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for new housing, having regard to the development strategy and access to facilities and services
- The effect of the proposed access arrangement on the safety of vehicular and pedestrian traffic
- Whether the proposal would make an adequate contribution towards the delivery of affordable housing
What decided it
The supply of self-build housing to meet identified statutory demand under the Self Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015, combined with the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, tipped the planning balance in favour of the proposal.
The limited harm to the countryside from locating development outside a settlement boundary was outweighed by the moderate benefit of supplying self-build housing to meet statutory requirements and the limited benefit of contributing to housing supply in an area with undersupply; the Framework paragraph 11d presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
Framework references: 11, 57, 62, 64, 105, 111
Plan policies cited: SWDP1, SWDP2, SWDP4, SWDP15, SWDP15B, SWDP21
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.