®Planning appeal decision
The Orchards Station Road, Fladbury, PERSHORE, WR10 2QP
for permission in principle for up to 2 dwellings
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, in principle, the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The Council's failure to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the modest scale of the proposal (2 dwellings), meant that the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied and the adverse impacts of the proposal did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
The harm from conflict with the development strategy and likely increase in private car travel, which attracted more than moderate weight, was outweighed by the significant importance given to housing delivery in light of the Council's housing land supply shortfall, to which moderate weight was afforded given the modest scale of the proposal.
Framework references: 11, 105
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP 2, Policy SWDP 4, Policy SWDP 13
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.