®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Bredon Road & Tewkesbury Road, Mitton, Worcestershire, GL20 8AX
Planning appeal 3301732 at Land East of Bredon Road & Tewkesbury Road, Mitton, Worcestershire, GL20 8AX (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 25 November 2022 by Inspector Boniface M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to planning policy.
a primary school with seven classrooms and ancillary facilities to serve the local community
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Boniface M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to planning policy
- The effect on local highways, including whether the residual cumulative impacts on the road network would be severe
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to the Cotswolds AONB
- The effect on the tranquillity of the Cotswolds AONB, with particular regard to noise and light arising from additional traffic
What decided it
The transport assessment was not sufficiently robust to allow the Inspector to be confident that the development would not result in a severe residual cumulative impact on the highway network, preventing a proper planning balance.
The benefits of the development would weigh significantly in favour, but because the level of harm from highway impacts and AONB tranquillity could not be robustly established, no planning balance of harms against benefits could properly be undertaken, and the appeals failed for this reason.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP 2Policy SWDP 25Policy NP1Policy NP14Policy NP15Policy SP2 (4)
- Judgments
- Satnam Millenium Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2019] EWHC 2631 (Admin)
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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