Field Nos 0363 and 9651 at Lower End Farm, Great Comberton, Pershore, WR10 3DU

Planning appeal 3308308 at Field Nos 0363 and 9651 at Lower End Farm, Great Comberton, Pershore, WR10 3DU (Wychavon District Council) was allowed on 2 August 2023 by Inspector Griffiths P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition No.3, attached to the original grant of planning permission, meets the tests for conditions set out in NPPF paragraph 56, having regard to matters archaeological.

the excavation of three ponds, a flood retention area and a ditch meander in two pasture fields without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref.21/02258, dated 13 December 2021

Authority: Wychavon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Griffiths P
Postcode: WR10 3DU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether condition No.3, attached to the original grant of planning permission, meets the tests for conditions set out in NPPF paragraph 56, having regard to matters archaeological

What decided it

The geo-physical survey results demonstrating that the identified archaeological feature (double-ditch enclosure) is sufficiently distant and at a higher level than the proposed excavations, combined with the modest scale of the development, made the original full investigation condition disproportionate and unreasonable, justifying substitution with a lighter-touch watching brief condition.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: SWDP 6SWDP 24
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 56

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