®Planning appeal decision
The Former Crown Inn, Colwall, Malvern, Herefordshire, WR13 6QP
Outline application for Change of Use of existing redundant and dilapidated Public House and outbuildings into new residential development of 4 x 3 bed units of residential accommodation together with car parking turning and manoeuvring
- Authority
- Herefordshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Guest H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the loss of the public house is justified having regard to the development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants, with specific regard to outlook and privacy
What decided it
The loss of the public house has not been robustly justified through adequate marketing, and combined with highway safety concerns and moderate harm to neighbouring living conditions, the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing supply benefits.
The significant housing supply shortfall and benefits of bringing a vacant building back into use were outweighed by the unjustified loss of a community facility, unresolved highway safety concerns, and moderate harm to neighbouring living conditions, particularly given the recent neighbourhood plan's housing allocations.
Framework references: 11, 14, 88, 115, 116, 129, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy SC1 (Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy 2011-2031), Policy CF1 (Colwall Neighbourhood Development Plan 2021-2031), Policy MT1 (Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy 2011-2031), Policy SD1 (Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy 2011-2031), Policy CD2 (Colwall Neighbourhood Development Plan 2021-2031)
Judgments cited: Maximus Networks Ltd v SSHCLG & Others [2018] EWHC 1933 (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.