®Planning appeal decision
Beauchamp Cottage, Churcham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 8AB
new 5 bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Law T
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
Framework references: 11, 115, 135, 186
Plan policies cited: JCS Policy SP2, JCS Policy SD10, TBP Policy RES4, TBP Policy RES3, JCS Policy SD9, JCS Policy INF3, TBP Policy NAT1, TBP Policy NAT3, JCS Policy SD4, JCS Policy SD6, TBP Policy LAN2, TBP Policy RES5, Highnam Parish Neighbourhood Plan Policy H2, JCS Policy INF2, TBP Policy ENV2, JCS Policy INF1, TBP Policy TRAC9
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.