®Planning appeal decision
Greenacres, Pricketts Hill, Shedfield, SO32 2JW
extension to existing Gypsy/Traveller site to create a total of 5 additional pitches on the whole site comprising the siting of 5 mobile homes, 5 touring caravans, and the erection of 5 dayrooms
- Authority
- Winchester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location of the development accords with local policies that seek to limit development in the countryside
- whether the proposal would maintain a mixed and balanced community
- the effects of the proposal on the landscape character of the area
- the need for and supply of pitches in the area
- the personal needs and circumstances of the occupiers
What decided it
the significant unmet need for and lack of five-year supply of Traveller pitches, whose benefits outweighed the identified landscape and policy conflicts
the public benefits of meeting the significant unmet need for Traveller pitches outweighed the harm to landscape character and the conflicts with Policies MTRA4, DM23, CP5 and DM4
Plan policies cited: Policy MTRA3, Policy MTRA4, Policy CP5, Policy TR5, Policy TR6, Policy DM4, Policy DM23, Policy CS16
Judgments cited: Smith v SSLUHC & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1391
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.