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Land Rear of Bloxhams Orchard, Ashleworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL19 4JB
Planning appeal 3339901 at Land Rear of Bloxhams Orchard, Ashleworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL19 4JB (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was allowed on 25 June 2024 by Inspector Marigold O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the location, use and amount of the development proposed would accord with the spatial strategy of the Development Plan for the distribution of housing, including its effect on the character and appearance of the area.
Permission in Principle for the erection of 5 no. single storey dwellings plus associated access and parking
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marigold O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location, use and amount of the development proposed would accord with the spatial strategy of the Development Plan for the distribution of housing, including its effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate adequate housing land supply, combined with the modest extent of harm that could be mitigated at Technical Details Consent stage, meant the benefits of housing delivery outweighed the moderate conflict with the Development Plan.
the moderate weight of conflict with Development Plan policies protecting landscape character and the spatial strategy was outweighed by the significant positive weight of housing delivery to address the Council's shortfall and limited positive weight of economic and social benefits
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- JCS Policy SD10(4)TBLP Policy RES3TBLP Policy RES4JCS Policy SD10(6)JCS Policy SD6JCS Policy SP2TBLP Policy LAN2
- 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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