Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed2 February 20266001109

Honeysuckle Cottage, 1 Whitlenge Lane, Hartlebury, DY10 4HD

Planning appeal 6001109 at Honeysuckle Cottage, 1 Whitlenge Lane, Hartlebury, DY10 4HD (Wychavon District Council) was allowed on 2 February 2026 by Inspector Watson S, 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.

permission in principle for the construction of 1no. dwelling

Authority
Wychavon District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Watson S
Postcode
DY10 4HD

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 land supply engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d), and the adverse impacts of granting permission did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing supply.

The benefits of housing delivery and economic contribution (moderate weight) outweighed the conflicts with the locational strategy and reliance on private motor vehicles (moderate weight), applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d) due to lack of five-year housing land supply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SWDP2Policy SWDP4Policy SWDP1Policy SWDP21
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 154

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

16 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Wychavon

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed17 September 20266008404
    Pinfield House, Brown Heath Lane, Martin Hussingtree, Droitwich, WR9 7JF
  2. Allowed23 March 20266001763
    Land At (Os 8785 6801) Kidderminster Road Cutnall Green, Worcester, WR9 0PW
  3. Dismissed27 February 20266001105
    Fanday, Brandheath Lane, New End, Redditch, B96 6NG
  4. Dismissed21 January 20266000520
    Cedarroofs, Cutnall Green, Worcestershire, WR9 0NF
  5. Dismissed8 December 20253368435
    Land at Church Lane, Martin Hussingtree, WR3 8TQ

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.