®Planning appeal decision
Land off Village Road, Abbots Morton , WORCESTER, WR7 4NA
demolition of existing workshop and storage yard and erection of 2 residential dwellings and associated infrastructure
- 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 the appeal site is in a suitable location for new housing
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal on protected species
What decided it
The Council's failure to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii), and the benefits of housing delivery and conservation area enhancement outweighed the harm from the unsustainable location.
The adverse impacts of locating development in an unsustainable countryside location, to which moderate weight was attached, were outweighed by the benefits of delivering two new dwellings and removing uncharacteristic buildings from the conservation area, to which more than moderate weight was attached, resulting in permission being granted under the tilted balance.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP 2, Policy SWDP 4, Policy SWDP 1, Policy SWDP 21, Policy SWDP 25, Policy SWDP 22, Policy SWDP 15
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.