®Planning appeal decision
Land At (Os 9200 6615) Crown Lane, Wychbold, Worcestershire, WR9 0FA
Planning appeal 3364146 at Land At (Os 9200 6615) Crown Lane, Wychbold, Worcestershire, WR9 0FA (Wychavon District Council) was allowed on 21 October 2025 by Inspector Hall R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the design of the proposed development would be acceptable with respect to its effect on the character and appearance of Wychbold.
residential development including new access, open space, drainage and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hall R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the design of the proposed development would be acceptable with respect to its effect on the character and appearance of Wychbold
What decided it
The Council's significant shortfall in housing land supply (1.1 years) engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development, and the substantial provision of 128 affordable homes outweighed the modest landscape harm and conflict with the development plan.
The adverse impacts of modest landscape harm from development of a field in open countryside were outweighed by the substantial benefit of 128 affordable homes, modest benefits from construction employment and consumer spending, biodiversity net gain exceeding 10%, and increased public open space, when assessed against the Framework as a whole in the context of a significant housing land supply shortfall.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP2 criterion FPolicy SWDP21Policy SWDP2Policy SWDP25Policy SWDP16Policy SWDP15Policy SWDP62
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 58
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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