®Planning appeal decision
Land at Evelench Lane, Tibberton, WR9 7NQ
Planning appeal 3320041 at Land at Evelench Lane, Tibberton, WR9 7NQ (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 15 September 2023 by Inspector McGlone A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development accords with the spatial strategy of the development plan, having regard to the size of Tibberton, local character, location and the availability of infrastructure.
an outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access for a development of up to 100 dwellings (Use Class C3), green infrastructure, car parking, drainage works, and other associated infrastructure works
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- McGlone A
- Postcode
- WR9 7NQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development accords with the spatial strategy of the development plan, having regard to the size of Tibberton, local character, location and the availability of infrastructure
- Whether the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing, education, public open space and children's play facilities, highway improvement works and transport, healthcare, biodiversity and protected species, and access to, and the resurfacing of the canal towpath
What decided it
The disproportionate scale of the development relative to the size, character and infrastructure capacity of Tibberton, causing substantial harm that outweighed the scheme's benefits even under the tilted balance.
The significant weight attached to conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy policies (SWDP 2, 21, 25) and moderate weight to conflict with SWDP 13 (BMV land) significantly and demonstrably outweighed the considerable and moderate benefits of the scheme (affordable and market housing, green infrastructure, economic and highway benefits), even applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii).
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP 1Policy SWDP 2Policy SWDP 3Policy SWDP 5Policy SWDP 6Policy SWDP 13Policy SWDP 15Policy SWDP 21Policy SWDP 22Policy SWDP 24Policy SWDP 25Policy SWDP 39Policy SWDP 59
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 74Paragraph 174Paragraph 95Paragraph 96Paragraph 110Paragraph 179Paragraph 180Paragraph 181Paragraph 182
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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