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Allowed5 January 20263363594

Honey Orchard, Doverdale, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, WR9 0QB

Planning appeal 3363594 at Honey Orchard, Doverdale, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, WR9 0QB (Wychavon District Council) was allowed on 5 January 2026 by Inspector Nicholls H, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the location of the development would accord with local policies concerning development in the countryside.

change of use of land to a mixed use for the keeping of horses and as a residential caravan site for 3 Gypsy/Traveller families, with a total of 4 caravans including no more than 3 static caravans, together with the laying of hardstanding, widening of access, and erection of amenity building (part retrospective)

Authority
Wychavon District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Nicholls H
Postcode
WR9 0QB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the location of the development would accord with local policies concerning development in the countryside
  • the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • the effects of the proposal on local amenity
  • whether other considerations, including the general need for and supply of Gypsy sites, outweigh any harm identified, such as to justify the development

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable Gypsy and Traveller pitches engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d), and the limited landscape/visual harm did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the additional pitch provision.

The landscape and visual harms, which conflicted with SWDP25 but did not meet the higher SWDP17 threshold, were outweighed by the benefits of providing two further Traveller pitches to address the pitch supply shortfall, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under NPPF paragraph 11(d)

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
SWDP17SWDP25
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11
Judgments
Doncaster MBC v FSS & Angela Smith [2007]; S Cambs DC v SSCLG and Julie Brown [2008] EWCA Civ 1010

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