South Worcestershire Development Plan Review policies SWDPR 02 and SWDPR 03 set out that the development strategy for the adopted plan is to provide for and facilitate the delivery of sufficient housing to meet objectively assessed needs to 2041. The council can demonstrate a deliverable 5 years supply of housing land to meet this identified need. The application site lies within the open countryside as defined by SWDPR 03, where new development is strictly controlled and limited to specific uses none of which apply in this case. The primacy of an up-to-date development plan is enshrined in paragraph 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework. In this case, the proposed development, due to its location outside of the settlement boundaries defined within the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review, conflicts with Policy SWDPR 03 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review (2026) and the National Planning Policy Framework.
As a result of its proposed location, land use and amount, the development would represent an incongruous addition to the local landscape. More specifically, the application site is located beyond the southern extent of the group of dwellings located to the north. As such, it is considered that the redevelopment of the site for up to four dwellings would represent the further encroachment of residential development into the open-countryside. Furthermore, with the exception of the group of dwellings located to the north and the linear grouping of dwellings located to the west and south-west of the application site, the built development within Norton is predominantly located on the western side of the B4088 Evesham Road. As such, and in light of the above, it is considered that redevelopment of the site for a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 4 dwellings and the subsequent further encroachment of residential development into the open countryside on the eastern side of the B4088 Evesham Road, would fail to respect the predominant settlement pattern within the immediate surrounding area.
In light of this, the proposed development is contrary to policies SWDPR 05, SWDPR 28 and SWDPR 34 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review (2026) and Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Positive and Proactive Statement. 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 and Supplementary Planning Documents and provided the applicant with the opportunity to engage with the Council's pre application advice service. Despite these efforts, the Council still consider that permission in principle should be refused for the reasons set out within the decision notice.
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Address
Sent
Reply Received
Maple Leaf Barn
Evesham Road
Norton
EVESHAM
WR11 4TL
20/07/2026
Palladian House
Evesham Road
Norton
EVESHAM
WR11 4TL
07/07/2026
Ashmore Barn
Evesham Road
Norton
EVESHAM
WR11 4TL
09/07/2026
Palladian House
Evesham Road
Norton
EVESHAM
WR11 4TL
07/07/2026
Palladian House
Evesham Road
Norton
EVESHAM
WR11 4TL
Palladian House
Evesham Road
Norton
EVESHAM
WR11 4TL
29/06/2026
07/07/2026
Ashmore Farm
Evesham Road
Norton
EVESHAM
WR11 4TL
29/06/2026
20/07/2026
Consultee List
Name
Organisation
Sent
Reply Due
Reply Received
Aidan Smyth
WDC - Archaeology & Planning Advisor
29/06/2026
13/07/2026
Cllr Craig Reeves
Harvington & Norton Ward
29/06/2026
13/07/2026
13/07/2026
Drainage Engineer
Engineers - S.W. Land Drainage Partnership
29/06/2026
13/07/2026
06/07/2026
Highways
County Highways
29/06/2026
13/07/2026
08/07/2026
Mrs Marianne Pomeroy
Worcestershire County Council (Minerals)
29/06/2026
13/07/2026
Mrs W Cope
Norton and Lenchwick Parish Council
29/06/2026
13/07/2026
13/07/2026
Conservation Officer
Conservation Officer
01/07/2026
15/07/2026
Tree Preservation Officer
Tree Preservation Officer
01/07/2026
15/07/2026
WRS - Contaminated Land & Nuisance
Worcestershire Regulatory Services
01/07/2026
15/07/2026
06/07/2026
Constraints List
Constraints List
Paper: Evesham Journal - Thursday
CIL008 - Non-Urban Area
Affect setting: Norton Conservation Area
Norton Conservation Area
Minerals:Sand & Gravel Area
Pre-SWDPR - 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
Policy Case HLA - PAR/63/45/HOU. Ashmore Farm, Evesham Road, Norton, Evesham, WR11 4TL. 2 new houses, conversion of double garage to a detached dwelling with double garage. Barn to be converted to ancillary storage building instead of 2 dwellings and remain curtilage of Ashmore Farm. Amendments to planning approval 19/00564/FUL., , , . Open Market. Small windfall (HLA only)
Pre-SWDPR - SWDP 6: Conservation Area
Pre-SWDPR - SWDP 15: Designated Rural Areas
Pre-SWDPR - SWDP 2: Development Strategy and Settlement Hierarchy, Norton & Lenchwick Settlement Development Boundary
Pre-SWDPR - SWDP 5: Protect and Enhance
Pre-SWDPR - SWDP 32: Sand and Gravel
SWDPR 38 Surface Water Flooding 1:30 (High): 30 year extent
SWDPR 38 Surface Water Flooding 1:100 (Medium): 100 year extent
SWDPR 38 Surface Water Flooding 1:1000 (Low): 1000 year extent
