Application Number W/25/01004/PIP
Status Application Refused

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  • Application
    Valid
    14/05/2025
  • Consultation
    End
    30/05/2025
  • Committee
    Meeting
    N/A
  • Decision

    Refusal
  • Decision
    Date
    17/06/2025
  • Appeal
    Started
    N/A
  • Appeal
    Decision
    N/A
Summary
Application Number W/25/01004/PIP
Location Address Land At (Os 0323 5969) Astwood Bank
Proposal Permission in Principle for the erection of a minimum of 1 no. dwelling and a maximum of 2 no. dwellings
Status Refusal
Application Type Permission in Principle
Appeal Decision N/A

Important Dates
Application Received Date 09/05/2025
Application Valid Date 14/05/2025
Consultation Start Date 14/05/2025
Site Visited / Site Notice Date
Consultation End 30/05/2025
Advert Expiry
Committee Date (if applicable)
Committee Agenda
Decision Date 17/06/2025

Further Information
Expected Decision Level Delegated
Case Officer Karen Wightman (Mrs)
Parish Inkberrow
Ward Inkberrow Ward
Applicant Mr Dan Hemming
Agent Mr Dan Hemming
Agent Address Dan Hemming Architecture Ltd 28 The Meadway Redditch B97 5AD

Condition Details / Information Notes
The proposed development by reason of its location would conflict with the aims of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework to reduce reliance on the private car as a means of transport. The proposal would fail to minimise the demand for travel. There is limited footway infrastructure in the vicinity and the area is without street lighting and would not provide a safe walking distance to access the nearest facilities. Therefore, the proposal would not be sustainable in terms of location and is contrary to Policies SWDP1, SWDP2 and SWDP4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework as a whole, and with particular regard to Chapter 9, that require development to minimise the demand for travel and offer genuinely sustainable travel choices.
The proposal would lead to further built up encroachment into the open countryside resulting in a form of domesticated development that would have a suburbanising effect on the character and appearance of the rural landscape failing to integrate with its surroundings and would be contrary to Polices SWDP21 and SWDP25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and SWDP2 that seeks to safeguard/enhance the open countryside and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework including Section 12 of the Framework which states that new development should be of high quality design and contribute positively to making places better. Accordingly, It is concluded that the location and land use of the site is not suitable for residential development and that the proposal, considered holistically, fails to represent sustainable development.
Refused Drawing Number:- DHA_008-PL-_001.
In dealing with the application the Council has implemented the requirement in paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive way. We have made available detailed advice in the form of our statutory policies in the Development Plan, Supplementary Planning Documents, as well as offering a full pre-application advice service in order to ensure that the applicant has been given every opportunity to submit an application which is likely to be considered favourably. The Council has however been unable to seek solutions to problems arising from this application as the applicant has failed to provide a scheme that would comply with the statutory policies of the development plan and would not overcome the reasons for refusal. Despite the Council’s efforts, it is considered that planning permission should be refused for the reasons set out in the decision notice.

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Decision

Consultation Responses

Neighbour List


In addition to consultations with the consultee listed, we will publicise the application in accordance with national requirements and our local policy. This publicity usually takes the form of letters to nearby properties, the posting of site notices and/or the placing of a public notice in our local newspapers.


No associated neighbours

Consultee List


Name Organisation Sent Reply Due Reply Received
Cadent (National Transmission System) Cadent (National Transmission System) 14/05/2025 28/05/2025
Cllr Ben Hurdman Inkberrow Ward 14/05/2025 28/05/2025
Cllr Nick Dawkes Inkberrow Ward 14/05/2025 28/05/2025
Drainage Engineer Engineers - S.W. Land Drainage Partnership 14/05/2025 28/05/2025
Highways County Highways 14/05/2025 28/05/2025
Mrs E Marshall Landscape Officer 14/05/2025 28/05/2025
Paula Gittoes Inkberrow Parish Council 14/05/2025 28/05/2025
Tree Preservation Officer Tree Preservation Officer 14/05/2025 28/05/2025
WDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity Officer WDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity 14/05/2025 28/05/2025
Worcestershire & Herefordshire LMC Ltd Local Medical Committee 14/05/2025 28/05/2025

Constraints List


Constraints List
Paper: Redditch Advertiser - Thursday
CIL008 - Non-Urban Area
Outside SWDP Development Boundary
Surface Water: High 1 in 30 extent
Surface Water: Medium 1 in 100 extent
Surface Water: Low 1 in 1000 extent
Wind Turbines
SWDP 15: Designated Rural Areas
SWDP 5: Protect and Restore
Paper: Evesham Journal - Thursday
No associated appeals