®Planning appeal decision
Land adj. Lily Barn, Gretton Fields, Cheltenham, GL54 5HH
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 60, 83, 109, 114, 225
Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy SD4, Policy SD6, Policy SD9, Policy SD10, Policy INF1, Policy RES3, Policy RES4, Policy RES5, Policy LAN1, Policy NAT1
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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.