®Planning appeal decision
Land south of Symonds Yat View, Great Doward Avenue, Whitchurch, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 6FP
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
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.
Framework references: 175, 177, 178, 181, 182, 190, 67
Plan policies cited: Policy SD3, Policy WG17, Policy SD4, Policy LD1, Policy SS6, Policy RA2, Policy SD1, Policy WG7, Policy WG14, Policy H1
Judgments cited: 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)
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.