®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Greenacres, Hillend, Twyning, Tewkesbury, GL20 6JD
outline application for the erection of 5 dwellings with access from Greenacres. All other matters reserved
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Townend K
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
- whether the proposed development would comply with national planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding
- whether the proposal would provide adequate means of surface water drainage
What decided it
The site is at high risk of surface water flooding and the appellant failed to satisfy the sequential test by demonstrating that alternative sites at lower risk were not available, and failed to provide adequate evidence of suitable surface water drainage provision.
Although the Council cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, the Framework policies protecting areas at risk of flooding provide a clear reason for refusing the development under paragraph 11d), and the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy SP10, Policy RES3, Policy RES4, Policy INF2, Policy ENV2, Policy GD1, Policy GD7
Judgments cited: Substation Action Save East Suffolk Ltd v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero: CA-2023/000087
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.