®Planning appeal decision
Land West of A4135 Draycott, Cam, GL11 5LN
hybrid application for residential development up to 795 dwellings , with 226 in full application, and the balance in the outline application, with supporting infrastructure and enabling works including: new vehicular access off the A4135, public open space, landscaping and drainage infrastructure
- Authority
- Stroud District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- McGlone A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would accord with the spatial strategy in the development plan
- whether the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing, self-build plots, public open space, education, libraries, highway improvements, public transport, travel plan, health facilities, policing, TROs and monitoring fees in respect of highway improvements, libraries, education, public transport, travel plan, and TROs
- the effect of the development proposed on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to density, layout and the scale of the dwellings
- whether the proposed development would offer suitable green infrastructure and connectivity
What decided it
The very substantial benefit of delivering market, affordable and self-build housing in a district unable to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply outweighed the limited harm arising from conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy.
the very substantial benefits of housing delivery (including affordable and self-build homes), together with moderate economic, biodiversity net gain and infrastructure benefits, were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited harm from conflict with the spatial strategy policies and the limited harm from loss of best and most versatile agricultural land, notwithstanding conflict with the development plan as a whole
Framework references: 58, 62, 63, 78, 96, 98, 100, 101, 103, 115, 116, 117, 118, 130, 135, 187, 193
Plan policies cited: Policy CP1, Policy CP2, Policy CP3, Policy CP6, Policy CP7, Policy CP8, Policy CP9, Policy CP15, Policy HC3, Policy ES3, Policy ES6, Policy ES10, Policy ES12, NP Policy CAMCD1, NP Policy CAMCD2, NP Policy CAMES1, Local Transport Plan 2020-2041 Policy PD0.3, Local Transport Plan 2020-2041 Policy PD0.4, emerging plan Policy PS24
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.