®Planning appeal decision
Land to the rear of Sovereign Drive and Precosa Road, Botley, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO30 2SR
residential development comprising 106 no. dwellings, new access from Sovereign Drive, associated landscaping and drainage works following demolition of No. 47 Sovereign Drive and Hats Copse House (net 104 no. dwellings)
- Authority
- Eastleigh Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Bale M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the Hedge End, Botley and Boorley Green Settlement Gap (the Settlement Gap)
- Whether the proposal would result in a well-designed place
- The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of 1 Precosa Road and 45 Sovereign Drive with regard to disturbance from traffic using the proposed access
What decided it
The significant and harmful conflict with Policy S6 arising from harm to the Settlement Gap, combined with the failure to achieve a well-designed place, outweighed the housing-related benefits.
Even assuming a shortfall in housing land supply and attributing substantial weight to housing, economic and affordable housing benefits, the very substantial weight given to the conflict with Policy S6 and the harm to the Settlement Gap, together with design harm, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy S5, Policy S6, Policy DM1, Policy DM13
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.