®Planning appeal decision
Land East Of Cotswold Business Village, South of London Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0JQ
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
- 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.
Framework references: 58, 201, 116, 187, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy INF8, Policy EN14, Policy DS4, Policy DS1, Policy H1, Policy H2
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.