®Planning appeal decision
Land At (Os 8092 5729), Frenchlands Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR2 6QU
construction of nine (9) dwellings
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marigold O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal and its location, land use and amount on the character and appearance of the area, including the setting of Christ Church (a Grade II listed building), and having regard to the Development Plan strategy for housing in the countryside
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply (2.06 years) and the substantial weight given to the housing benefits of the proposal outweighed the less than substantial harm to the listed building's setting and moderate harm to character and appearance.
The substantial positive weight given to housing land supply benefits and moderate positive weight to economic and social benefits outweighed the considerable importance and great weight attributed to the less than substantial harm to the listed building's setting and the moderate negative weight given to harm to character and appearance and conflict with development plan policies.
Framework references: 11, 135, 212, 215
Plan policies cited: SWDP2, SWDP6, SWDP21, SWDP24, SWDP25
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.