Land At (Os 5993 6704) Terrills Farm, Terrills Lane, Tenbury Wells , WR15 8RG

outline planning permission (all matters reserved, except access) for the provision of up to 125 residential dwellings and associated works

Authority: Malvern Hills District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Chalk M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal proposal would make adequate provision for the management of surface water and the prevention of flood risk
Whether the requested contributions comply with the Regulation 122 tests, with particular regard to the requested highways contributions
Whether the appeal site is in an acceptable location, having regard to local and national policies
The effect on highway safety
The effect on the availability of best and most versatile agricultural land

What decided it

In the absence of a five-year housing land supply, the substantial benefits of delivering up to 125 dwellings including 40% affordable housing were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited weight attributed to conflict with the development plan.

The limited weight given to the conflict with Policy SWDP 2 did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the great weight attributed to the benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing and financial contributions towards infrastructure.

Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP 2, Policy SWDP 4, Policy SWDP 7, Policy SWDP 13, Policy SWDP 15, Policy SWDP 21, Policy SWDP 28, Policy SWDP 29, Policy SWDP 39

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.