®Planning appeal decision
Land At Berrow Green Road, Martley, Worcestershire, WR6 6PD
Planning appeal 3306186 at Land At Berrow Green Road, Martley, Worcestershire, WR6 6PD (Malvern Hills District Council) was allowed on 26 May 2023 by Inspector Russell M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the extent of the deficit in the Council's housing land supply.
Outline application with all matters reserved (except access) for the erection of up to 52 dwellings, including 42% affordable homes, up to 10no. self-build plots and a public car park together with ancillary works
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Russell M
- Postcode
- WR6 6PD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the extent of the deficit in the Council's housing land supply
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposal having regard to the development plan and national policy
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including landscape character
- whether the setting of the Grade II listed Longstone Cottage would be preserved
- whether the development would make adequate provision for affordable housing and any other necessary infrastructure requirements arising from the development
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, which engaged the tilted balance and meant the very significant housing benefits outweighed the moderate landscape and countryside-policy harm.
the very significant contribution to housing supply, accelerated delivery, affordable housing and self-build provision, and sustainable location outweighed the moderate harm to character and landscape and limited-weight conflict with countryside policies, such that adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP2Policy SWDP1Policy SWDP3Policy MKD6Policy MKD1Policy MKD3Policy MKD4Policy SWDP13Policy SWDP21Policy SWDP25Policy SWDP6Policy SWDP24Policy SWDP15Policy SWDP7Policy SWDP39Policy SWDP62
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 130Paragraph 174Paragraph 56
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.