®Planning appeal decision
Land off Hinton Road, Childswickham, WR12 7HH
outline application for 4no. self/custom build dwellings
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Clark J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing having regard to the policies of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework
- whether the proposal would make effective and efficient use of land and provide adequate affordable housing
What decided it
The harms arising from the unsustainable location in open countryside and inefficient use of land significantly and demonstrably outweigh the public benefits of self-build housing provision and affordable housing contribution.
The public benefits of self-build housing provision, modest affordable housing contribution via Section 106, and absence of highway, flooding or drainage objections were outweighed by the significant harms of locating housing in open countryside contrary to Policy SWDP 2, creating car-dependency contrary to Policy SWDP 4, and failing to make effective and efficient use of land contrary to Policy SWDP 13, such that the harms significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 70, 109, 114
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP 2, Policy SWDP 4, Policy SWDP 13, Policy SWDP 15
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.