A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a six-bed home will be allowed after a ruling by a government inspector brings an end to a two-year row.

The six-bed home can now be built on land off Nunnery Lane in Worcester following a series of rejections by Worcester City Council’s planning committee and a number of reversals by the government’s planning inspectorate.

The ‘green’ space has been the subject of a longer-than-two-year row about whether anything should be built on the land at all.

Councillors rejected a plan for a four-bed home in 2019 but that was overturned by a government inspector last year.

Worcester City Council’s planning committee then also rejected the plan for a bigger six-bed home but that decision has now been overturned again by a government inspector.

Government planning inspector Stuart Willis said the six-bed home “would not appear incongruous or dominant.”

The inspector’s report also said claims had been made that the human rights of neighbours would be violated if the appeal was allowed and the bigger home was built.

Mr Willis said reversing the decision “would not cause unacceptable harm” nor would it violate the Human Rights Act.

Several neighbours in Nunnery Lane objected to the plan saying despite minor changes being made by Mr Khalid, the home would still be too tall and would again affect wildlife and the privacy of neighbours.

Worcester City Council’s planning committee met in September to decide whether to grant permission for a six-bed home but went against the recommendation of the council’s own officers and refused it.

Councillors rejected a plan for a four-bed home but that was overturned by a government inspector last year.

Council officers had said the six-bed plan would be no more overbearing than the home allowed on appeal despite it being taller but councillors disagreed.

The planning committee refused the application because it would be too tall, would be out-of-character with neighbours' homes and needed more car parking spaces.

Mr Khalid defended the plan at the meeting in September saying the plan had changed from four rooms to six after “deeper consideration” about his family and he simply wanted more children in the future.

He said the height of his planned six-bed home merely matched his neighbours.

“I don’t think we’re even the tallest building in the street,” he added.