®Planning appeal decision
Manor Farm Bungalow, Farm Lane, Westmancote, Worcestershire, GL20 7ES
Planning appeal 3342074 at Manor Farm Bungalow, Farm Lane, Westmancote, Worcestershire, GL20 7ES (Wychavon District Council) was allowed on 20 September 2024 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area.
a single detached dwelling with detached car port on land to the east of Manor Farm Bungalow
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- GL20 7ES
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area
- whether the proposal would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the accessibility of services and facilities
- the effect on the character and appearance of the countryside, with particular regard to the Cotswold National Landscape
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites (only 2.65 years) triggered the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11, and the adverse impacts of the development did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
the conflict with the development plan (moderate weight) was outweighed by the significant weight attributable to housing delivery given the 2.65-year supply shortfall and the moderate weight of socio-economic and economic benefits, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP 1Policy SWDP 2Criterion C of SWDP 2Criterion A (iii) of Policy SWDP 2Policy SWDP 4criterion viii of SWDP 21
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 60
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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