Holloway Agri-drain Ltd 47A Winchcombe Road Sedgeberrow Evesham WR11 7UZ

1. 1.The majority of the application site lies outside the defined development boundary of Sedgeberrow and is therefore located within the open countryside, where residential development is strictly controlled. Sedgeberrow is identified as a Category 3 settlement within the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review and contains only a limited range of services and facilities. Future occupiers of the proposed development would be primarily reliant on the private car to access employment, shopping, healthcare, secondary education and other day-to-day services and facilities. The proposal would therefore not represent an appropriate or locationally sustainable form of residential development, contrary to Policies SWDPR01, SWDPR03 and SWDPR06 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review and the aims of Section 9 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.The application site is affected by fluvial and surface water flood risk, lying predominantly within Flood Zone 2, with a small area of Flood Zone 3a and areas identified as being at risk from surface water flooding. Residential development is classified as "more vulnerable" development. The submitted Sequential Test has not robustly demonstrated that there are no reasonably available sites at lower risk of flooding which could accommodate the proposed development, and the site has therefore not been shown to be sequentially preferable. Furthermore, the proposed attenuation pond would be located within Flood Zone 2 and an identified surface water hazard area, and the submitted information does not provide sufficient certainty regarding safe access and egress, residual risk, exceedance flow routes or the management of concurrent fluvial and pluvial flood events. The proposal has therefore failed to demonstrate that the site is an appropriate location for more vulnerable residential development or that secure arrangements for the management of flood risk can be achieved. The development would consequently conflict with Policy SWDPR38, in particular Parts B and C, of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review; Policy SB3, in particular criteria (e), (f), (g) and (j), of the Sedgeberrow Neighbourhood Plan; and paragraphs 170 and 175 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

WR11 7UZ

Application type

Permission in Principle

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Sedgeberrow

Date validated

17 April 2026

Consultation expiry

1 May 2026

Consultation start

17 April 2026

Consultation end

1 May 2026

Agent address

Lakeside Campsite Back Lane Bretforton Evesham WR11 7JB

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