®Planning appeal decision
Brook Close, Kempsey, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 3LE
three self-build dwellings
- 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
- The effect of the proposed access on the safety of vehicular and pedestrian traffic
What decided it
The significant and long-lasting harm to the open countryside from development in a location strictly controlled by the development strategy, combined with unacceptable highway safety impacts, substantially and demonstrably outweighs the limited benefits of three dwellings and self-build provision.
The adverse impacts of countryside harm and highway safety concerns, ascribed substantial weight, significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited weight given to housing supply benefits and moderate weight given to self-build provision, such that the Framework paragraph 11d presumption does not apply.
Framework references: 11, 62, 110, 111
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP2, Policy K2, Policy SWDP4, Policy 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.