SF Planning Ltd
1 Tebbit Mews
Winchcombe Street
Cheltenham
GL52 2NF
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The application site lies outside any defined settlement boundary as set out in the South Worcestershire Development Plan and therefore conflicts with the spatial strategy set out in Policy SWDP 2, which directs development to sustainable locations within defined settlement boundaries and seeks to strictly control development in the open countryside.
The site is situated in an area with limited access to public transport, services, and local facilities. Consequently, future residents would be largely dependent on private vehicles to meet their daily needs. The development would not support the promotion of sustainable travel options or the reduction of car dependency. Therefore, the proposal conflicts with Policy SWDP 4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the sustainable development objectives outlined in the National Planning Policy Framework.
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, the emerging policies of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review (namely Policies SWDPR 03 and 06), 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. Furthermore, the proposal would undermine wider Government aims and objectives including Net Zero and Carbon emission targets.
The proposed development would result in a incongruous form of development that encroaches into the open countryside, causing significant harm to the rural character and openness of the surrounding area. The introduction of new dwellings in this countryside location would represent an unwarranted and visually intrusive addition into an otherwise undeveloped rural landscape. This erosion of rural character and loss of openness is considered unacceptable and contrary to the established pattern of development.
The proposal therefore fails to safeguard or enhance the open countryside, contrary to Policy SWDP 2 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. The development also conflicts with Policies SWDP 21 and SWDP 25, the emerging policies of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review (namely Policies SWDPR 03, 28 and 34), and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
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