®Planning appeal decision
General site, Bards Walk, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6EY
the creation of 19 dwellings in total through change of use at first and second floors and part of ground floor, to create 18 residential units, to include alterations and extensions to the existing building; construction of one further dwelling within existing service yard on Meer Street; internal changes to small elements of existing ground floor space to create central residential circulation core, as well as refuse/cycle store (with no changes to existing ground floor retail units); and provision of 4 parking spaces for residential use within existing service yard
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Sargent J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect on the living conditions of future residents
- whether, if future residents applied for permits to park in the identified residents' parking zones, it would result in an unacceptable effect on highway safety or unacceptably harm the living conditions enjoyed by residents who can currently use those zones
- if harm would be caused by either/both of the above, whether material considerations indicate that the decision should be otherwise than in accordance with the development plan
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the significant benefits of housing delivery outweighed the limited and conditional noise harm to the detached dwelling residents.
The significant benefits of housing delivery (given the 2.74-year supply shortfall), moderate economic benefits, and moderate benefits to the conservation area outweighed the limited noise harm to the detached dwelling residents, which would only occur on occasions when they chose to sleep with windows open.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: CS.9, CS.26, CS.27, BE11
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