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Dismissed10 June 20243332657

Hilltop Stores, Hilltop Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 4NN

Planning appeal 3332657 at Hilltop Stores, Hilltop Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 4NN (Cheltenham Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 June 2024 by Inspector Rawle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.

the construction of two dwellings

Authority
Cheltenham Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Rawle S
Postcode
GL50 4NN

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy D1 of the Cheltenham Plan adopted July 2020Policy SD4 of the Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031Policy SL1 of the Cheltenham PlanPolicy SD14 of the Joint Core StrategyPolicy INF1 of the Joint Core StrategyDevelopment on Garden Land and Infill Sites in Cheltenham Supplementary Planning Document June 2009
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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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