®Planning appeal decision
Station House, Newnham Bridge, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8JE
Planning appeal 3300983 at Station House, Newnham Bridge, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8JE (Malvern Hills District Council) was allowed on 18 November 2022 by Inspector Davies H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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 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
- Postcode
- WR15 8JE
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SWDP1SWDP2SWDP4SWDP15SWDP15BSWDP21
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 62Paragraph 64Paragraph 105Paragraph 111
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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