®Planning appeal decision
Land rear of High View, Bell Lane, Lower Broadheath, WORCESTER, WR2 6RR
permission in principle for the proposed construction of up to 5 dwellings
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Billings C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the location, proposed land use and amount of development is suitable, having regard to local and national housing development strategy
What decided it
The proposed amount of development would not promote the efficient use of land as required by Policy SWDP13 and the Framework, particularly given the demonstrated housing shortfall and the site's capacity to accommodate higher density development.
The conflict with Policy SWDP13 regarding efficient use of land (given significant weight) was not outweighed by the moderate weight given to housing supply benefits and social/economic benefits, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply despite the shortfall in housing land supply
Framework references: 11, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP2, Policy SWDP4, Policy SWDP13
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.