®Planning appeal decision
Station House Worcester Road, Malvern, WR14 1SW
Planning appeal 3359831 at Station House Worcester Road, Malvern, WR14 1SW (Malvern Hills District Council) was dismissed on 9 June 2025 by Inspector Brennan P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for the future occupiers of the dwellings with regard to noise, privacy, and internal living space.
the Conversion and Change of Use of existing Holiday Let building to form 3no. dwelling houses
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Brennan P
- Postcode
- WR14 1SW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for the future occupiers of the dwellings with regard to noise, privacy, and internal living space
What decided it
The proposal would not provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers due to unacceptable noise from the adjacent railway line and significant loss of privacy from shared external spaces and proximity to public areas, which adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest housing benefits despite the Council's housing land supply shortfall.
The modest benefit of three additional housing units in a district with a 2.06-year housing land supply was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of unacceptable noise and privacy conditions for future occupiers, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 21 of the South Worcestershire Development PlanPolicy 31A of the South Worcestershire Development PlanPolicy MH2 of the Malvern Town Neighbourhood Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 232
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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