®Planning appeal decision
Land east of Lower Road, Milton Malsor
for the erection of up to 65 no. dwellings with associated works and access at Lower Lane
- Authority
- South Northamptonshire District Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Ford K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the scale and location of development would be acceptable for housing development, having regard to the spatial strategy in the development plan.
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
- Whether the Council can demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply.
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with the development plan's rural spatial strategy and the resulting harm to the character and appearance of the area outweighed the benefits, particularly given the Council could demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply.
the benefits of the scheme, including affordable and market housing delivery, economic benefits, highway improvements, biodiversity gain and public open space, were not sufficient to outweigh the harm to character and appearance and the conflict with the development plan
Framework references: 11, 33, 71, 74
Plan policies cited: Policy R1, Policy S1, Policy S3, Policy S4, Policy S6, Policy SS1, Policy LH1, Policy SS2, Policy RC2, Policy INF1, Policy INF2, Policy S10, Policy C5, Policy R3, Policy SPD2, Policy GS1, Policy LH8
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.