®Planning appeal decision
Plot to the south of Down Hatherley Lane, Down Hatherley, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, GL2 9QB
residential infill development of 1 No detached dwelling house (self/custom build)
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Barton P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- whether the site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to local and national policy, and accessibility to services and facilities
- whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The proposed development would cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt and would not be in a sustainable location, and the moderate benefits did not clearly outweigh these harms to constitute very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt and the unsustainable location weighed heavily against the proposal, and the moderate benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision did not clearly outweigh these harms.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: JCS Policy SD5, JCS Policy SP2, JCS Policy SD10, JCS Policy INF1, TBP Policy RES3, TBP Policy RES4, TBP Policy GRB4
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.