®Planning appeal decision
Allotments At (Os 9086 4705), Besford Road, Wadborough, Besford, Worcestershire, WR8 9HF
Planning appeal 3367291 at Allotments At (Os 9086 4705), Besford Road, Wadborough, Besford, Worcestershire, WR8 9HF (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 22 August 2025 by Inspector Butcher C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the principle of the proposed development is acceptable with specific regard to its location and its effect on the character and appearance of the area.
Permission in Principle for the construction of a single self -build dwelling
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Butcher C
- Postcode
- WR8 9HF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the principle of the proposed development is acceptable with specific regard to its location and its effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The adverse impacts of the proposed development—lack of sustainable access to services and facilities, reliance on private vehicles, and significant harm to rural character and appearance—significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of providing a single self-build dwelling, even in the context of a significant housing land supply shortfall.
the adverse impacts of unsustainability and harm to character and appearance significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing supply and self-build provision, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP2Policy SWDP4Policy SWDP25Policy SWDP21Policy DBWP3(g)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 61Paragraph 73
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.