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Allowed8 January 20266000493

Land at (Os 7489 5333), Knightwick Road, Alfrick, WR6 5HX

Planning appeal 6000493 at Land at (Os 7489 5333), Knightwick Road, Alfrick, WR6 5HX (Malvern Hills District Council) was allowed on 8 January 2026 by Inspector Guest H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use, and the amount of development.

2 No. detached dwellings together with improvements to and widening of site access and a separate area for biodiversity enhancement with a balancing pool and improvements to site drainage

Authority
Malvern Hills District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Guest H
Postcode
WR6 5HX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use, and the amount of development

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing supply, combined with the site's location on the edge of a settlement with access to services (making it not an isolated home in the countryside), meant the benefits of housing delivery significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited harm from conflict with the local development strategy.

The adverse impacts arising from conflict with the development strategy and harm to the plan-led system were limited and did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the significant benefits of housing delivery in a location that is not unsustainable and would support rural community vitality.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SWDP 2Policy SWDP 21Policy SWDP 25South Worcestershire Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document Overarching Design Principles (2018)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 83

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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