Land adjacent Cherry Tree Cottage, Lower Lane, Kinsham, Gloucestershire, GL20 8HT

Permission in Principle for residential development of up to 3 new dwellings

Authority: Wychavon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Marigold O

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the location, land use and amount of the proposal would have an acceptable effect on the character and appearance of the area, including the adjacent Kinsham Conservation Area and the settings of the Grade II listed buildings
whether the location, land use and amount of the proposal would accord with the strategy of the Development Plan and have acceptable access to services and facilities

What decided it

The acute housing land supply shortfall (1.10 years) and the substantial public benefits of housing delivery outweigh the less than substantial harm to the heritage assets, engaging and satisfying the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

the substantial public benefits of housing delivery and the social and economic contributions of the proposal outweighed the less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area and listed buildings, with the balance at Framework paragraph 215 in favour of the proposal

Framework references: 11, 212, 215

Plan policies cited: SWDP2, SWDP4, SWDP6, SWDP21, SWDP24

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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