Church Road, Crowle, Worcestershire

Planning appeal 3350741 at Church Road, Crowle, Worcestershire (Wychavon District Council) was allowed on 25 April 2025 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect that varying condition 4 would have on the local environment with particular regards to foul drainage and flood risk.

full planning permission for 30 dwellings (use Class C3, including 12 affordable homes, public open space along with detailed access not Church Road and associated infrastructure including drainage and landscaping without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref W/22/02683/FUL dated 22 December 2023

Authority: Wychavon District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Stephens K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect that varying condition 4 would have on the local environment with particular regards to foul drainage and flood risk

What decided it

The statutory undertaker's agreement to the revised foul drainage scheme incorporating on-site treatment works, combined with the Council's significant housing land supply shortfall, made it unreasonable to require the appellant to wait for STW's treatment works improvements.

The benefits of housing delivery to address the significant housing land shortfall outweighed the concerns about foul drainage and flood risk, given that the revised drainage scheme had been agreed by the statutory undertaker and would reduce the risk of surcharging into the Bow Brook.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: SWDP28SWDP29SWDP30SWDP21SWDP4SWDP31SWDP6SWDP24SWDP22SWDP25SWDP1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 194Paragraph 205

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