®Planning appeal decision
Beauchamp Cottage, Churcham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 8AB
Planning appeal 3330707 at Beauchamp Cottage, Churcham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 8AB (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 March 2024 by Inspector Law T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for new housing, having regard to access to services and facilities.
new 5 bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Law T
- Postcode
- GL2 8AB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for new housing, having regard to access to services and facilities
- The effect of the proposal on biodiversity and trees
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on drainage
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The proposal is located in an unsustainable location in open countryside, physically separated from built-up areas, where future occupants would be largely dependent on private vehicles, and lacks evidence to demonstrate it would not cause significant harm to biodiversity and trees.
the adverse impacts of granting permission, comprising unsustainable location and harm to biodiversity and trees, would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited socio-economic benefits of a single dwelling, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- JCS Policy SP2JCS Policy SD10TBP Policy RES4TBP Policy RES3JCS Policy SD9JCS Policy INF3TBP Policy NAT1TBP Policy NAT3JCS Policy SD4JCS Policy SD6TBP Policy LAN2TBP Policy RES5Highnam Parish Neighbourhood Plan Policy H2JCS Policy INF2TBP Policy ENV2JCS Policy INF1TBP Policy TRAC9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 115Paragraph 135Paragraph 186
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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