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Allowed4 March 20266002040

Land South of Symonds Yat View, Great Doward Avenue, Whitchurch, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 6FP

Planning appeal 6002040 at Land South of Symonds Yat View, Great Doward Avenue, Whitchurch, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 6FP (Herefordshire Council) was allowed on 4 March 2026 by Inspector Edwards J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Matters of flood risk and surface water drainage.

residential development of ten sustainable dwellings with associated road and drainage infrastructure, hedgerow and tree planting

Authority
Herefordshire Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Edwards J
Postcode
HR9 6FP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Matters of flood risk and surface water drainage
  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, including whether it would conserve or enhance the natural and scenic beauty of the Wye Valley National Landscape

What decided it

The proposal would accord with the development plan policies and would incorporate acceptable drainage and landscaping measures that would conserve and enhance the National Landscape whilst meeting identified housing need.

The modest housing contribution in the context of a significant shortfall in five-year housing land supply and the site's allocation for residential development in the neighbourhood plan outweighed the visual change to the landscape, which would be mitigated by sensitive design and new planting.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SD3Policy WG17Policy SD4Policy LD1Policy SS6Policy RA2Policy SD1Policy WG7Policy WG14Policy H1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 175Paragraph 177Paragraph 178Paragraph 181Paragraph 182Paragraph 190Paragraph 67
Judgments
Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE & Another [JPL 1982 P37]; Holburn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)

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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