®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Englands Mead, Queen Camel, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7NW
Planning appeal 3265313 at Land Adjacent to Englands Mead, Queen Camel, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7NW (South Somerset District Council *) was dismissed on 7 July 2021 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for the proposed development, bearing in mind the settlement and housing policies of the development plan.
9 dwellings with access and landscape planting provision
- Authority
- South Somerset District Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies N
- Postcode
- BA22 7NW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for the proposed development, bearing in mind the settlement and housing policies of the development plan
- Whether the siting, scale, layout, and design of the development would be compatible with the existing built form of the settlement
What decided it
The site lies outside the settlement boundary in open countryside rather than within the village, and the proposed housing type and mix do not accord with identified local housing need, conflicting with the development plan's settlement and housing policies which are up-to-date.
The benefit of nine additional dwellings to boost housing supply was significantly reduced because the site lay outside the settlement and the housing type and mix did not meet identified local need; moderate weight was given to economic benefits during construction and future local spend; the conflict with an up-to-date development plan outweighed these benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS1Policy SS2Policy HG3Policy EQ2Policy QC1Policy QC2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 59Paragraph 63Paragraph 64Paragraph 68Paragraph 12
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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