®Planning appeal decision
Bridge House, 3 Timothy's Bridge Road, Stratford Enterprise Park, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9NQ
the redevelopment of site to provide 89 no. dwellings, associated landscape works and basement level vehicular and cycle parking
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Sutton A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposals on the character of the area, including the setting of the Stratford-upon-Avon Conservation Area
- Whether appropriate provision for affordable housing and contributions to improve infrastructure would be made, having regard to local policy
- Whether the proposed residential units would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants, having regard to outlook, privacy and daylight
What decided it
In Appeal A the substantial visual harm to character combined with conflict with affordable housing and infrastructure policy outweighed the benefits, whereas in Appeal B the lesser, significant-but-not-substantial harm was outweighed by the substantial benefit of housing delivery on a sustainable brownfield site under the Framework's tilted balance.
For Appeal A, the substantial harm to character and conflict with affordable housing/infrastructure policy significantly and demonstrably outweighed the considerable benefits of housing delivery and sustainable location; for Appeal B, the significant but not substantial harm to character and policy conflicts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the substantial benefits of brownfield housing delivery, sustainable location and public open space provision.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CS.16, Proposal SUA.1, Policy CS.8, Policy BE8, Policy CS.5, Policy CS.9, Policy SSB1, Policy BE1, Policy BE2, Policy BE6, Policy CS.18, Policy CS.25, Policy CS.26, Policy CS.27, Policy CS.15, Policy AS.1, Policy H1
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.