Land off Rye Hill Lane, Broughton Hackett, Worcestershire, WR7 4BP

Planning appeal 3332841 at Land off Rye Hill Lane, Broughton Hackett, Worcestershire, WR7 4BP (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 24 December 2024 by Inspector Aqbal M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for residential development.

Development to include 3 Cottage Style Dwellings in a residential cul-de-sac design on a vacant field, with spacious private amenity space, off-road parking, and a nature area.

Authority: Wychavon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Aqbal M
Postcode: WR7 4BP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for residential development
Whether the proposal makes adequate provision for affordable housing

What decided it

The location of the appeal site outside the development boundary in open countryside with poor access to services and facilities by sustainable modes of travel, combined with the failure to secure any affordable housing provision, means the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.

The benefits of delivering 3 dwellings and associated social, economic and environmental benefits, to which moderate weight was attached given the modest scale and absence of affordable housing, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial harm from locating development contrary to the development plan strategy in an unsustainable location.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SWDP 2Policy SWDP 4Policy SWDP 1Policy SWDP 15
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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