®Planning appeal decision
The Observatory, Badgers Hill to Handgate Lane, Sherrifs Lench, Worcestershire, WR11 4LY
Planning appeal 3322456 at The Observatory, Badgers Hill to Handgate Lane, Sherrifs Lench, Worcestershire, WR11 4LY (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 19 April 2024 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area and the accessibility of services and facilities.
Conversion of observatory into a single dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- WR11 4SN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area and the accessibility of services and facilities
- whether the proposed development would enhance the immediate setting of the area
- whether appropriate arrangements have been made to secure a financial contribution towards meeting the need for affordable housing
What decided it
The proposal would not provide a suitable location for housing due to reliance on private motor vehicles and lack of accessibility to services and facilities, contrary to the development strategy and Framework requirements for sustainable development.
the adverse impacts of unsustainable location and failure to enhance the immediate setting significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic contribution, despite the Council's shortfall in five-year housing land supply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP2Policy SWDP4Policy SWDP21Policy SWDP15
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 48Paragraph 57Paragraph 70Paragraph 83Paragraph 84Paragraph 106Paragraph 107Paragraph 109
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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