®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To Hillside, Wixford Road, Wixford, B49 6DA
Planning appeal 3315859 at Land Adjacent To Hillside, Wixford Road, Wixford, B49 6DA (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was dismissed on 6 November 2023 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for housing with regard to local and national policies.
a self-build dwelling
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Stephens K
- Postcode
- B49 6DA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for housing with regard to local and national policies
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan's locational strategy for housing and causes lasting harm to character and appearance, which is not outweighed by the material consideration of a shortfall in self-build plots, particularly where the Council has well over a 5-year housing land supply.
The shortfall in self-build and custom housebuilding plots and the absence of development plan policies for such housing were material considerations of significant weight in favour, but the serious planning objections arising from conflict with the housing distribution strategy and harm to character and appearance, together with the Council's substantial housing land supply, significantly and demonstrably outweighed these benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS.15Policy CS.16Policy CS.1Policy AS.10Policy CS.9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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