®Planning appeal decision
Station House Worcester Road, MALVERN, WR14 1SW
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 232
Plan policies cited: Policy 21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan, Policy 31A of the South Worcestershire Development Plan, Policy MH2 of the Malvern Town Neighbourhood Plan
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.