®Planning appeal decision
Old Police Station, Hereford Road, Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire, WR13 5EA
an outline application for a single new dwelling
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wyborn D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the development plan would support the proposal in this location
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether or not the scheme should provide a contribution to affordable housing
What decided it
The application of paragraph 14 of the Framework, which indicates that the adverse impacts of allowing development conflicting with a recently-made neighbourhood plan containing housing allocations would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, combined with the lack of a secured affordable housing contribution required by Policy SWDP15.
The benefits of housing delivery and efficient use of previously developed land were outweighed by the conflict with the spatial strategy and settlement boundary policy in the recently-made Neighbourhood Plan and the lack of affordable housing contribution, such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits under paragraph 11d of the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 14, 30, 65
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP2, Policy SWDP15, Policy SWDP21, Policy SWDP25, Policy LB/H/2, Policy LB/H/6
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.