®Planning appeal decision
Robin Hood House, Evesham Road, Upper Moor, Pershore, WR10 2JR
‘Permission in Principle for up to 3 dwellings.’
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bennett T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether 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 inability to demonstrate a Framework-compliant housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, under which the significant benefit of housing delivery outweighed the limited harm from conflict with the development plan spatial strategy.
The limited harm from conflict with the development plan spatial strategy and the absence of landscape harm were outweighed by the significant benefit of providing up to 3 dwellings to address the District's housing land supply shortfall, with modest weight to economic and social benefits; the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
Framework references: 11, 70
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP2, Policy SWDP21, Policy SWDP25
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.