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Dismissed29 June 20266005565

Brookfields Barn, Stratford Road, Bidford-on-Avon, B50 4LU

Planning appeal 6005565 at Brookfields Barn, Stratford Road, Bidford-on-Avon, B50 4LU (Stratford-on-Avon) was dismissed on 29 June 2026 by Inspector Andrew Owen, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is reasonably located with regard to access to services and facilities by sustainable modes of transport.

Change of use of land to stationing of 9 static caravans and 9 touring caravans for residential occupation, new vehicular access, associated hardstanding, bunds and post and rail fencing

Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy
Inspector
Andrew Owen
Postcode
B50 4LU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site is reasonably located with regard to access to services and facilities by sustainable modes of transport
  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • whether the development, and the wider area, would be safe from flooding and be suitably drained
  • whether the development would provide satisfactory living conditions for its future occupiers with regard to the provision of domestic facilities for day to day living

What decided it

The inability to be satisfied that the site would be safe from flooding and suitably drained, combined with the substantial harm to landscape character, outweighed the benefits of unmet pitch need and personal circumstances.

The unmet gypsy and traveller pitch need, lack of alternative sites, and the appellant's personal/family circumstances were balanced against harm from unsustainable location, landscape harm, flood risk/drainage uncertainty and unauthorised development, with the Inspector concluding the harms outweighed the benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS.21Policy CS.5Policy CS.4Policy CS.9Policy ENV7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 173Paragraph 175

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