Land Adjacent to the Old Kilns, Church Lane, Howle Hill, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5SP

residential development of 5 dwellings

Authority: Herefordshire Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Hall R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the location of the proposed development is acceptable, having regard to the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding countryside and its accessibility to goods and services and sustainable transport modes

What decided it

The uniform and suburban layout of the three dwellings would have an urbanising effect incompatible with the ad hoc, organic character of the Forest Smallholdings and Dwellings landscape type, failing to satisfy the requirements of Policy RA2 of the Core Strategy and Policy WALF4 of the Walford NDP.

Framework references: 48, 79, 126, 130

Plan policies cited: Policy RA2, Policy RA3, Policy LD1, Policy SD4, Policy WALF2, Policy WALF20, Policy WALF4

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