®Planning appeal decision
Land at Berrow Green Road, Martley, WR6 6PE
outline planning permission for up to 55 dwellings with detailed access and all other matters reserved (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale)
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hanna P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be in a suitable location for housing with regard to local and national policies for housing
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area and the setting of the Grade II listed building Longstone Cottage
What decided it
The substantial and significant weight given to the delivery of affordable and market housing, in the context of a significant housing land supply shortfall, outweighed the less than substantial heritage harm and other identified harms under the tilted balance.
the public benefits, particularly affordable and market housing delivery together with economic benefits and biodiversity net gain, decisively outweighed the less than substantial heritage harm and the significant landscape/character harm, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under the paragraph 11(d) tilted balance
Framework references: 11, 57, 58, 78, 215, 216
Plan policies cited: SWDP2, SWDP2(A), SWDP2(C), SWDP5, SWDP6, SWDP13, SWDP21, SWDP24, SWDP25, MKD1, MKD3, MKD4, MKD6
Judgments cited: Suffolk Coastal DC v Hopkins Homes Ltd & SSCLG and Richborough Estates Partnership LLP & SSCLG v Cheshire East BC [2017] UKSC 37
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.