®Planning appeal decision
Land East Of Cotswold Business Village, South of London Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0JQ
Planning appeal 6002934 at Land East Of Cotswold Business Village, South of London Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0JQ (Cotswold) was allowed on 5 June 2026 by Inspector Owen Woodwards, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the appeal site is an appropriate location for development of this type, having particular regard to sewerage, drainage and pluvial flooding, and fluvial flooding.
for up to 195 dwellings together with vehicular access from London Road, landscaping together with associated development including Active Travel Measures along London Road
- Authority
- Cotswold
- Appeal type
- major · Planning
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- Owen Woodwards
- Postcode
- GL56 0JQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the appeal site is an appropriate location for development of this type, having particular regard to sewerage, drainage and pluvial flooding, and fluvial flooding.
What decided it
The substantial weight attached to the delivery of market and affordable housing, in the context of a severe housing land supply shortfall, outweighed the limited and moderate harms identified under the tilted balance.
The adverse impacts of the proposal (limited weight to conflict with the spatial strategy, character and appearance harm and ecological harm, and moderate weight to loss of best and most versatile agricultural land and worsening of free-flow of traffic) would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the substantial benefits, particularly from market and affordable housing, so the tilted balance favoured allowing the appeal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy INF8Policy EN14Policy DS4Policy DS1Policy H1Policy H2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 58Paragraph 201Paragraph 116Paragraph 187Paragraph 11
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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