®Planning appeal decision
Land East Of Kineton Road, Wellesbourne, CV35 9LH
Planning appeal 3365027 at Land East Of Kineton Road, Wellesbourne, CV35 9LH (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was allowed on 10 July 2026 by Inspector Dawe A, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would comply with the Council's spatial strategy.
Outline Planning application with all matters reserved except access, for up to 300 dwellings and associated green space and biodiversity enhancements
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Dawe A
- Postcode
- CV35 9LQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would comply with the Council's spatial strategy
- The effect of the proposed development on local surface water drainage and flood risk
- Other related planning matters including any benefits of the proposed development to be weighed in the planning balance
What decided it
The severe shortfall in the Council's five-year housing land supply (2.21 years) meant the substantial benefits of housing delivery outweighed the identified but limited and less-than-substantial harms.
The substantial benefits of market and affordable housing delivery, significant biodiversity net gain, and moderate/limited other benefits outweighed the less-than-substantial heritage harm, limited BMVAL loss and non-accordance with spatial strategy policy, such that the adverse impacts of granting permission would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS.15Policy CS.16Policy WW7Policy CS.4Policy WW12Policy CS.8Policy CS.18Policy CS.19Policy WW8Policy CS.25APolicy CS.27Policy CS.9 B(4)Policy CS.9 B(6)Policy CS.26Policy CS.26 B(4)Policy CS.25A&B
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 175Paragraph 216Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 215Paragraph 187Paragraph 11Paragraph 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.
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