®Planning appeal decision
Land off Malvern Road, Powick, WR2 4SN
permission in principle for up to 5 dwellings
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Conde L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the principle of the proposed development is acceptable with specific regard to its location and its effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the modest positive contribution to housing supply and the modest level of harm from policy conflicts, meant the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The modest benefits of housing supply and associated social and economic benefits outweighed the modest harms arising from conflict with Policies SWDP2 and SWDP4, particularly in the context of the Council's significant under-supply of housing and the Framework's approach to boosting housing supply.
Framework references: 11, 61, 73, 110
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP2, Policy SWDP4, Policy SD4, Policy SWDP 21, Policy SWDP 25
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.