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Hatton Housing Plan Rejected on Appeal Over Green Belt

A Planning Inspector has dismissed the appeal for 28 affordable homes off Oakdene Crescent, Hatton, near Warwick, on Green Belt and location grounds.

By Alex Harrington 2 min read Source: Planning Inspectorate
The platforms and footbridge at Hatton railway station, with houses beside the line
Hatton Station, February 2023. Photo: Vanmanyo, CC BY 4.0

The Hatton housing appeal for 28 affordable homes on land off Oakdene Crescent has been dismissed by a government Planning Inspector, so the homes won’t be built. Developers Altus Homes and Morro Partnerships had appealed against Warwick District Council’s refusal; the Inspector’s decision is dated Wednesday 23 September 2026.

On this page
  1. Why the Inspector said no
  2. The case for the homes
  3. What happens next

The site, about 1.17 hectares, sits beside the railway line just outside the built-up edge of Hatton Station, in Shrewley parish west of Warwick. The council refused planning permission (W/24/0706) on Friday 19 September 2025. The appeal was heard at a hearing on Thursday 20 August 2026, with site visits on 19 and 21 August.

Why the Inspector said no

  • Green Belt: the homes would be inappropriate development in the West Midlands Green Belt, with a distinct loss of openness on undeveloped land.
  • Location: the site “fails to limit the need to travel”, so it isn’t a sustainable place for new homes. With substandard footways nearby, the Inspector expected significant pedestrian safety concerns to remain.
  • Not the problem: the Inspector found no harm from having all 28 homes affordable in one place, and only limited harm to the look of the area; the layout wasn’t judged cramped.

The case for the homes

The Inspector gave the homes themselves very significant weight: 75% would have been for social rent and 25% shared ownership. It records that Warwick district currently has only a 1.96-year supply of land for housing, a shortfall of 3,466 homes, and that affordable homes have been under-delivered over the past five years. A legal agreement signed on 9 September 2026 would also have paid towards healthcare, education, libraries and footpaths. Even so, the Inspector found the scheme conflicted with the local plan, and dismissed the appeal.

The appeal result was first reported by Warwick Nub News, which reports that 168 people objected to the original plans and that the scheme was cut from 34 homes to 28.

What happens next

An Inspector’s decision is final unless it is challenged in the High Court on legal grounds, which has to be done within six weeks of the decision. The full decision letter and all the appeal papers are on the council’s planning page for W/24/0706. More about the area is on our Hatton and Shrewley pages.

Alex Harrington