®Planning appeal decision
Land Adj. Lily Barn, Gretton Fields, Cheltenham, GL54 5HH
Planning appeal 3342446 at Land Adj. Lily Barn, Gretton Fields, Cheltenham, GL54 5HH (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 September 2024 by Inspector Townend K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area and the accessibility of services and facilities.
erection of 3no. bungalows, along with associated development and landscaping
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Townend K
- Postcode
- GL54 5HH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area and the accessibility of services and facilities
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including the Special Landscape Area
- the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity
What decided it
The significant environmental and social harm arising from the lack of accessibility to services and facilities through alternative means of travel, combined with unresolved biodiversity concerns due to inadequate ecological survey, substantially and demonstrably outweighs the limited housing benefit of three dwellings.
The limited benefit of three dwellings towards housing supply and economic benefits were significantly outweighed by the significant harm from lack of sustainable accessibility to services and facilities and unresolved biodiversity impacts; the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP2Policy SD4Policy SD6Policy SD9Policy SD10Policy INF1Policy RES3Policy RES4Policy RES5Policy LAN1Policy NAT1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 60Paragraph 83Paragraph 109Paragraph 114Paragraph 225
- Judgments
- Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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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