®Planning appeal decision
Hilltop Stores, Hilltop Road, CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, GL50 4NN
the construction of two dwellings
- Authority
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rawle S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupants of the neighbouring property, 42 Tommy Taylors Lane
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area and the living conditions of neighbouring residents substantially and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of two additional dwellings in circumstances of housing land supply shortfall.
The moderate benefits of two additional dwellings and lack of five-year housing land supply were substantially and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance and living conditions of neighbours.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy D1 of the Cheltenham Plan adopted July 2020, Policy SD4 of the Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031, Policy SL1 of the Cheltenham Plan, Policy SD14 of the Joint Core Strategy, Policy INF1 of the Joint Core Strategy, Development on Garden Land and Infill Sites in Cheltenham Supplementary Planning Document June 2009
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.