Land south of, Westwood Heath Road, Coventry, CV4 8LG

Authority: Warwick
Appeal type: major · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: CV4 8LG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on an area of safeguarded land

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the proposal's location on safeguarded land designated for housing growth and the substantial housing and economic benefits, outweighed the modest harm to agricultural land and character and appearance.

The modest adverse impacts from loss of best and most versatile agricultural land and harm to character and appearance were outweighed by the substantial benefits of 140 new dwellings (including affordable housing) and economic benefits in an area of housing shortage and on land safeguarded for such development, applying the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11(d)

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy DS21, Policy DS20, Policy BE1, Policy NE4, Policy BG7, Policy BG8, Policy NE5, Policy NZC1

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