Lower Murcot Farm, Murcot Lane, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7HS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• whether or not the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed dwellinghouses having regard to the settlement strategy and development plan and national policies relating to development within rural areas
• whether or not adequate arrangements to secure appropriate affordable housing provision have been put in place

What decided it

The proposal would not be located in an appropriate location having regard to the settlement hierarchy and would not accord with development plan and national policies relating to development within rural areas, and adequate arrangements to secure affordable housing provision have not been put in place, such that the adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under NPPF paragraph 11(d).

The modest benefits of one dwelling (housing supply contribution, economic benefits, re-use of redundant building, and potential self-build provision) were outweighed by the significant harm of locating residential development in an unsustainable location outside the settlement boundary contrary to the development plan, combined with the moderate harm of failing to secure affordable housing provision, resulting in the proposal conflicting with the development plan and Framework as a whole.