Land adjoining Coverwell Farm, Pillerton Hersey

25/01271/FUL · Stratford-on-Avon District Council · officer (delegated) · decided 17 August 2026 · refused

Change of use of land to provide 7 travelling showpersons plots and associated works including hardstanding.

Cited in: 6. Reports written under the 2024 Framework

Why this is cited. The mistake: decided on 17 August 2026 under the 2024 Framework and its paragraph 11(d) balance. What should have happened: from the day the 2026 Framework was published its policies had to be taken into account. The site is outside a settlement and not in the Green Belt, so the report should have applied the S5 route: S5(1)(g), traveller and showpeople accommodation meeting an evidenced unmet need, with HO12, or otherwise the S5(4) exceptional-circumstances test.

Key points

The report lists the "National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2024 (revised 2025)" (p.2) and applies the 2024 paragraph 11(d) balance.
Decided on the day the 2026 Framework was published. The site is outside a settlement and not in the Green Belt.

Quotations are from the officer report, decision notice or appeal decision letter, with page (p.) or paragraph (¶) numbers. Read the decision itself for the full reasoning.

Summarised for the note on Stratford decisions under the August 2026 NPPF. Not legal advice. Back to the note.